#AE494A#AE494A

#AE494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.133 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE494A
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 41.41, 20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 46.12, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1231 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.133 22)
XYZ	xyz(21.0759, 14.2608, 8.1200)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE494A #49AEAD

analogous

#AE497C #AE494A #AE7A49

triadic

#AE494A #4AAE49 #494AAE

tetradic

#AE494A #7CAE49 #49AEAD #7A49AE

square

#AE494A #7CAE49 #49AEAD #7A49AE

split-complementary

#AE494A #49AE7A #497CAE

monochromatic

#582525 #833738 #AE494A #C37172 #D59C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE494A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE494A	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.133 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7f7c',
    500: '#ae494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae494a;
$custom-light: #cb7f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.406,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53837,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE494A

secondary

#91C2C1

accent

#D1D057

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE494A

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

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