#AE495C#AE495C

#AE495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.133 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE495C
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(349, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 47.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 43.01, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 44.13, 12.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1303 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.133 11)
XYZ	xyz(21.7714, 14.5390, 11.7829)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE495C #49AE9B

analogous

#AE498E #AE495C #AE6849

triadic

#AE495C #5CAE49 #495CAE

tetradic

#AE495C #8EAE49 #49AE9B #6849AE

square

#AE495C #8EAE49 #49AE9B #6849AE

split-complementary

#AE495C #49AE68 #498EAE

monochromatic

#58252E #833745 #AE495C #C37180 #D59CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AE495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE495C

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE495C	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78725A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.133 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca808a',
    500: '#ae495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae495c;
$custom-light: #ca808a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.713,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54259,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE495C

secondary

#91C2B9

accent

#D1BA57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFF0

border

#D3CACB

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE495C

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

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