#AE9698#AE9698

#AE9698 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.029 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9698
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(355, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 9.24, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 9.51, 13.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0281 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.029 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0291, 33.0792, 34.2920)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9698 #96AEAC

analogous

#AE96A4 #AE9698 #AEA096

triadic

#AE9698 #98AE96 #9698AE

tetradic

#AE9698 #A4AE96 #96AEAC #A096AE

square

#AE9698 #A4AE96 #96AEAC #A096AE

split-complementary

#AE9698 #96AEA0 #96A4AE

monochromatic

#72585A #937376 #AE9698 #C9B9BA #E3DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AE9698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9698

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9698	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.029 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b4b6',
    500: '#ae9698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9698;
$custom-light: #c6b4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.02873,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9698

secondary

#CCD4D3

accent

#97914E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9698

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

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