#AE9A98#AE9A98

#AE9A98 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.024 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A98
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(5, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 7.02, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 7.95, 28.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0218 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.024 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6783, 34.3776, 34.5084)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A98 #98ACAE

analogous

#AE98A1 #AE9A98 #AEA598

triadic

#AE9A98 #98AE9A #9A98AE

tetradic

#AE9A98 #A1AE98 #98ACAE #A598AE

square

#AE9A98 #A1AE98 #98ACAE #A598AE

split-complementary

#AE9A98 #98AEA5 #98A1AE

monochromatic

#725C5A #937876 #AE9A98 #C9BCBA #E4DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AE9A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AE9A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A98

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A98	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.024 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7b6',
    500: '#ae9a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a98;
$custom-light: #c6b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70319,
    "c": 0.02395,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A98

secondary

#CDD4D5

accent

#90964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A98

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

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