#AE4059#AE4059

#AE4059 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.144 H 9.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4059
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 46.93, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 47.86, 11.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1424 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.144 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0938, 13.3893, 10.9228)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4059 #40AE95

analogous

#AE4090 #AE4059 #AE5E40

triadic

#AE4059 #59AE40 #4059AE

tetradic

#AE4059 #90AE40 #40AE95 #5E40AE

square

#AE4059 #90AE40 #40AE95 #5E40AE

split-complementary

#AE4059 #40AE5E #4090AE

monochromatic

#551F2B #813042 #AE4059 #C6657B #D792A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#AE4059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#AE4059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4059

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4059	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.144 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7b87',
    500: '#ae4059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4059;
$custom-light: #cb7b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52998,
    "c": 0.14448,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4059

secondary

#88C2B5

accent

#D6B852

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4059

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

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