#AE9896#AE9896

#AE9896 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.026 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9896
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(5, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 7.79, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 8.78, 27.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0241 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.026 24)
XYZ	xyz(34.1885, 33.6580, 33.5439)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9896 #96ACAE

analogous

#AE96A0 #AE9896 #AEA496

triadic

#AE9896 #96AE98 #9896AE

tetradic

#AE9896 #A0AE96 #96ACAE #A496AE

square

#AE9896 #A0AE96 #96ACAE #A496AE

split-complementary

#AE9896 #96AEA4 #96A0AE

monochromatic

#725A58 #937673 #AE9896 #C9BAB9 #E3DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9896

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9896	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.026 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b6b4',
    500: '#ae9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9896;
$custom-light: #c6b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69856,
    "c": 0.0264,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.33657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9896

secondary

#CCD3D4

accent

#91974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9896

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

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