#AE989C#AE989C

#AE989C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.027 H 5.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE989C
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(349, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(349, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 8.82, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 8.86, 5.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0265 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.027 5.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6841, 33.8562, 36.1538)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE989C #98AEAA

analogous

#AE98A7 #AE989C #AE9F98

triadic

#AE989C #9CAE98 #989CAE

tetradic

#AE989C #A7AE98 #98AEAA #9F98AE

square

#AE989C #A7AE98 #98AEAA #9F98AE

split-complementary

#AE989C #98AE9F #98A7AE

monochromatic

#725A5E #93767B #AE989C #C9BABD #E4DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AE989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE989C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE989C	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.027 5.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b6b9',
    500: '#ae989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae989c;
$custom-light: #c6b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70032,
    "c": 0.02664,
    "h": 5.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE989C

secondary

#CDD5D3

accent

#96894F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE989C

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

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