#AE9997#AE9997

#AE9997 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.025 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9997
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(5, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 7.40, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 8.36, 27.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.023 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.025 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4324, 34.0163, 34.0241)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9997 #97ACAE

analogous

#AE97A0 #AE9997 #AEA497

triadic

#AE9997 #97AE99 #9997AE

tetradic

#AE9997 #A0AE97 #97ACAE #A497AE

square

#AE9997 #A0AE97 #97ACAE #A497AE

split-complementary

#AE9997 #97AEA4 #97A0AE

monochromatic

#725B59 #937775 #AE9997 #C9BBB9 #E4DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AE9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9997

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9997	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.025 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7b5',
    500: '#ae9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9997;
$custom-light: #c6b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70087,
    "c": 0.02517,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9997

secondary

#CCD4D4

accent

#90974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9997

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

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