#AE9696#AE9696

#AE9696 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.029 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9696
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 8.90, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 9.49, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0273 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.029 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8667, 33.0142, 33.4366)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9696 #96AEAE

analogous

#AE96A2 #AE9696 #AEA296

triadic

#AE9696 #96AE96 #9696AE

tetradic

#AE9696 #A2AE96 #96AEAE #A296AE

square

#AE9696 #A2AE96 #96AEAE #A296AE

split-complementary

#AE9696 #96AEA2 #96A2AE

monochromatic

#725858 #937373 #AE9696 #C9B9B9 #E3DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9696

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9696	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.029 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b4b4',
    500: '#ae9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9696;
$custom-light: #c6b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.02867,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9696

secondary

#CCD4D4

accent

#97974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9696

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

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