#AE454E#AE454E

#AE454E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.137 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE454E
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 43.65, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 46.85, 21.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1308 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.137 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9606, 13.8076, 8.7676)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE454E #45AEA5

analogous

#AE4583 #AE454E #AE7045

triadic

#AE454E #4EAE45 #454EAE

tetradic

#AE454E #83AE45 #45AEA5 #7045AE

square

#AE454E #83AE45 #45AEA5 #7045AE

split-complementary

#AE454E #45AE70 #4583AE

monochromatic

#562227 #82343A #AE454E #C56C73 #D6979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AE454E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AE454E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE454E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE454E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE454E	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae454e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.137 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7d7f',
    500: '#ae454e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae454e;
$custom-light: #cb7d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae454e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53375,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE454E

secondary

#8DC2BD

accent

#D3C855

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE454E

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

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