#AE9898#AE9898

#AE9898 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.026 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9898
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 8.13, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 8.66, 20.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0249 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.026 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3510, 33.7229, 34.3993)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9898 #98AEAE

analogous

#AE98A3 #AE9898 #AEA398

triadic

#AE9898 #98AE98 #9898AE

tetradic

#AE9898 #A3AE98 #98AEAE #A398AE

square

#AE9898 #A3AE98 #98AEAE #A398AE

split-complementary

#AE9898 #98AEA3 #98A3AE

monochromatic

#725A5A #937676 #AE9898 #C9BABA #E4DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE9898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9898

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9898	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.026 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b6b6',
    500: '#ae9898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9898;
$custom-light: #c6b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69914,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9898

secondary

#CDD5D5

accent

#96964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9898

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

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