#AE494E#AE494E

#AE494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.132 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE494E
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 41.73, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 45.44, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1247 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.132 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2150, 14.3164, 8.8524)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE494E #49AEA9

analogous

#AE4980 #AE494E #AE7649

triadic

#AE494E #4EAE49 #494EAE

tetradic

#AE494E #80AE49 #49AEA9 #7649AE

square

#AE494E #80AE49 #49AEA9 #7649AE

split-complementary

#AE494E #49AE76 #4980AE

monochromatic

#582527 #83373B #AE494E #C37175 #D59C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE494E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE494E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.132 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb807f',
    500: '#ae494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae494e;
$custom-light: #cb807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.03,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53922,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE494E

secondary

#91C2BF

accent

#D1CB57

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE494E

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

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