#AE9494#AE9494

#AE9494 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.031 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9494
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 148)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 14.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 9.68, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 10.33, 20.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0297 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.031 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3906, 32.3175, 32.4902)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9494 #94AEAE

analogous

#AE94A1 #AE9494 #AEA194

triadic

#AE9494 #94AE94 #9494AE

tetradic

#AE9494 #A1AE94 #94AEAE #A194AE

square

#AE9494 #A1AE94 #94AEAE #A194AE

split-complementary

#AE9494 #94AEA1 #94A1AE

monochromatic

#725656 #947171 #AE9494 #C8B7B7 #E3DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AE9494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9494

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9494	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.031 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b3b3',
    500: '#ae9494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9494;
$custom-light: #c6b3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68992,
    "c": 0.03118,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9494

secondary

#CAD4D4

accent

#98984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9494

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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