#AE9498#AE9498

#AE9498 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.032 H 7.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9498
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 152)
HSL	hsl(351, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(351, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 10.36, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 10.46, 8.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0313 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.032 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7127, 32.4464, 34.1865)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9498 #94AEAA

analogous

#AE94A5 #AE9498 #AE9D94

triadic

#AE9498 #98AE94 #9498AE

tetradic

#AE9498 #A5AE94 #94AEAA #9D94AE

square

#AE9498 #A5AE94 #94AEAA #9D94AE

split-complementary

#AE9498 #94AE9D #94A5AE

monochromatic

#72565A #947176 #AE9498 #C8B7BA #E3DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE9498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AE9498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9498

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9498	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.032 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b3b6',
    500: '#ae9498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9498;
$custom-light: #c6b3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69109,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9498

secondary

#CAD4D2

accent

#988D4E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9498

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

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