#AE494F#AE494F

#AE494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.132 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE494F
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(356, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 41.82, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 45.29, 22.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1251 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.132 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2511, 14.3308, 9.0427)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE494F #49AEA8

analogous

#AE4981 #AE494F #AE7549

triadic

#AE494F #4FAE49 #494FAE

tetradic

#AE494F #81AE49 #49AEA8 #7549AE

square

#AE494F #81AE49 #49AEA8 #7549AE

split-complementary

#AE494F #49AE75 #4981AE

monochromatic

#582528 #83373B #AE494F #C37176 #D59C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AE494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AE494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE494F

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE494F	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.132 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8080',
    500: '#ae494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae494f;
$custom-light: #cb8080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.436,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53944,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE494F

secondary

#91C2BF

accent

#D1CA57

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE494F

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

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