#FFAEAE#FFAEAE

#FFAEAE is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.095 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAEAE
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 31.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, 29.64, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 32.01, 22.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% 0.0901 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.095 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0180, 54.5923, 47.2017)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAEAE #AEFFFF

analogous

#FFAED7 #FFAEAE #FFD7AE

triadic

#FFAEAE #AEFFAE #AEAEFF

tetradic

#FFAEAE #D7FFAE #AEFFFF #D7AEFF

square

#FFAEAE #D7FFAE #AEFFFF #D7AEFF

split-complementary

#FFAEAE #AEFFD7 #AED7FF

monochromatic

#FF3434 #FF7171 #FFAEAE #FFE0E0 #FFE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#FFAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#FFAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAEAE

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAEAE	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.095 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6c6',
    500: '#ffaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaeae;
$custom-light: #ffc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82859,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAEAE

secondary

#6CE5E5

accent

#E5E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F9

border

#D7D2D2

text

#181313

muted

#868282

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAEAE

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

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