#AE989A#AE989A

#AE989A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.026 H 11.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE989A
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(355, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 8.47, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 8.69, 12.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0257 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.026 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5161, 33.7890, 35.2693)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE989A #98AEAC

analogous

#AE98A5 #AE989A #AEA198

triadic

#AE989A #9AAE98 #989AAE

tetradic

#AE989A #A5AE98 #98AEAC #A198AE

square

#AE989A #A5AE98 #98AEAC #A198AE

split-complementary

#AE989A #98AEA1 #98A5AE

monochromatic

#725A5C #937678 #AE989A #C9BABC #E4DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AE989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE989A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE989A	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.026 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b6b7',
    500: '#ae989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae989a;
$custom-light: #c6b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69972,
    "c": 0.02626,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE989A

secondary

#CDD5D4

accent

#96904F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE989A

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

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