#AE9C98#AE9C98

#AE9C98 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.022 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C98
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(11, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(11, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 5.91, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 7.43, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0186 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.022 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0112, 35.0433, 34.6194)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C98 #98AAAE

analogous

#AE989F #AE9C98 #AEA798

triadic

#AE9C98 #98AE9C #9C98AE

tetradic

#AE9C98 #9FAE98 #98AAAE #A798AE

square

#AE9C98 #9FAE98 #98AAAE #A798AE

split-complementary

#AE9C98 #98AEA7 #989FAE

monochromatic

#725E5A #937B76 #AE9C98 #C9BDBA #E4DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AE9C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AE9C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C98

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C98	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.022 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9b6',
    500: '#ae9c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c98;
$custom-light: #c6b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.02211,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C98

secondary

#CDD3D5

accent

#89964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C98

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

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