#AE9A96#AE9A96

#AE9A96 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.025 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A96
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(10, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(10, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 6.68, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 8.22, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.021 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.025 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5159, 34.3127, 33.6530)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A96 #96AAAE

analogous

#AE969E #AE9A96 #AEA696

triadic

#AE9A96 #96AE9A #9A96AE

tetradic

#AE9A96 #9EAE96 #96AAAE #A696AE

square

#AE9A96 #9EAE96 #96AAAE #A696AE

split-complementary

#AE9A96 #96AEA6 #969EAE

monochromatic

#725C58 #937973 #AE9A96 #C9BBB9 #E3DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AE9A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AE9A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A96

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A96	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.025 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7b4',
    500: '#ae9a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a96;
$custom-light: #c6b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70262,
    "c": 0.0245,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A96

secondary

#CCD3D4

accent

#8B974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A96

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

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