#AE9496#AE9496

#AE9496 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.031 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9496
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(355, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(355, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, 10.02, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 10.34, 14.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% 0.0305 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.031 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5503, 32.3814, 33.3311)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9496 #94AEAC

analogous

#AE94A3 #AE9496 #AE9F94

triadic

#AE9496 #96AE94 #9496AE

tetradic

#AE9496 #A3AE94 #94AEAC #9F94AE

square

#AE9496 #A3AE94 #94AEAC #9F94AE

split-complementary

#AE9496 #94AE9F #94A3AE

monochromatic

#725658 #947174 #AE9496 #C8B7B8 #E3DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AE9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9496

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9496	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.031 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b3b4',
    500: '#ae9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9496;
$custom-light: #c6b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6905,
    "c": 0.03123,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9496

secondary

#CAD4D3

accent

#98924E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9496

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

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