#AE9596#AE9596

#AE9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.030 H 15.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9596
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 9.46, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 9.90, 17.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0289 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.03 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7078, 32.6965, 33.3837)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9596 #95AEAD

analogous

#AE95A2 #AE9596 #AEA095

triadic

#AE9596 #96AE95 #9596AE

tetradic

#AE9596 #A2AE95 #95AEAD #A095AE

square

#AE9596 #A2AE95 #95AEAD #A095AE

split-complementary

#AE9596 #95AEA0 #95A2AE

monochromatic

#725758 #937274 #AE9596 #C9B8B8 #E3DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9596

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9596	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.030 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b4b4',
    500: '#ae9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9596;
$custom-light: #c6b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 13.369,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69251,
    "c": 0.02992,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9596

secondary

#CBD4D3

accent

#98954E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9596

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

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