#AE9999#AE9999

#AE9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.025 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9999
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 7.74, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 8.25, 20.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0238 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.025 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5962, 34.0818, 34.8868)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9999 #99AEAE

analogous

#AE99A4 #AE9999 #AEA499

triadic

#AE9999 #99AE99 #9999AE

tetradic

#AE9999 #A4AE99 #99AEAE #A499AE

square

#AE9999 #A4AE99 #99AEAE #A499AE

split-complementary

#AE9999 #99AEA4 #99A4AE

monochromatic

#725B5B #937777 #AE9999 #C9BBBB #E4DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AE9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9999

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9999	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.025 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7b7',
    500: '#ae9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9999;
$custom-light: #c6b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70145,
    "c": 0.02494,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9999

secondary

#CED5D5

accent

#969650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9999

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

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