#AE494B#AE494B

#AE494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.133 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE494B
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 41.49, 19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 45.94, 25.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1235 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.133 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1099, 14.2743, 8.2988)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE494B #49AEAC

analogous

#AE497D #AE494B #AE7949

triadic

#AE494B #4BAE49 #494BAE

tetradic

#AE494B #7DAE49 #49AEAC #7949AE

square

#AE494B #7DAE49 #49AEAC #7949AE

split-complementary

#AE494B #49AE79 #497DAE

monochromatic

#582526 #833738 #AE494B #C37172 #D59C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE494B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE494B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE494B	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)

#615C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.133 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7f7d',
    500: '#ae494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae494b;
$custom-light: #cb7f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.812,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53858,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE494B

secondary

#91C2C1

accent

#D1CE57

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE494B

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

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