#AEA09E#AEA09E

#AEA09E is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.017 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA09E
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(8, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(8, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 4.74, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 5.55, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0148 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.017 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1973, 36.6095, 37.5006)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA09E #9EACAE

analogous

#AE9EA4 #AEA09E #AEA89E

triadic

#AEA09E #9EAEA0 #A09EAE

tetradic

#AEA09E #A4AE9E #9EACAE #A89EAE

square

#AEA09E #A4AE9E #9EACAE #A89EAE

split-complementary

#AEA09E #9EAEA8 #9EA4AE

monochromatic

#72625F #927F7D #AEA09E #CAC1BF #E6E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AEA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA09E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA09E	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.017 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcba',
    500: '#aea09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea09e;
$custom-light: #c6bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.0167,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA09E

secondary

#D1D6D7

accent

#8B9353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA09E

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

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