#AE9894#AE9894

#AE9894 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.027 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9894
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 148)
HSL	hsl(9, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 14.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 7.45, 5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 9.03, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0233 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.027 30)
XYZ	xyz(34.0289, 33.5941, 32.7030)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9894 #94AAAE

analogous

#AE949D #AE9894 #AEA594

triadic

#AE9894 #94AE98 #9894AE

tetradic

#AE9894 #9DAE94 #94AAAE #A594AE

square

#AE9894 #9DAE94 #94AAAE #A594AE

split-complementary

#AE9894 #94AEA5 #949DAE

monochromatic

#725A56 #947671 #AE9894 #C8BAB7 #E3DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE9894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9894

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9894	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.027 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b6b3',
    500: '#ae9894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9894;
$custom-light: #c6b6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.02692,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.33593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9894

secondary

#CAD2D4

accent

#8D984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9894

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

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