#AE9CA0#AE9CA0

#AE9CA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.022 H 2.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CA0
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(347, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(347, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 7.30, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 7.31, 2.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0218 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.022 2.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6886, 35.3143, 38.1872)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CA0 #9CAEAA

analogous

#AE9CA9 #AE9CA0 #AEA19C

triadic

#AE9CA0 #A0AE9C #9CA0AE

tetradic

#AE9CA0 #A9AE9C #9CAEAA #A19CAE

square

#AE9CA0 #A9AE9C #9CAEAA #A19CAE

split-complementary

#AE9CA0 #9CAEA1 #9CA9AE

monochromatic

#725D62 #927A80 #AE9CA0 #CABEC0 #E5DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE9CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AE9CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CA0

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CA0	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.022 2.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9bc',
    500: '#ae9ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ca0;
$custom-light: #c6b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.02186,
    "h": 2.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CA0

secondary

#D0D6D5

accent

#948551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CA0

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

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