#AE4B56#AE4B56

#AE4B56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.130 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B56
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(353, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 41.46, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 43.71, 18.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1249 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.13 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6530, 14.7052, 10.5004)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B56 #4BAEA3

analogous

#AE4B88 #AE4B56 #AE724B

triadic

#AE4B56 #56AE4B #4B56AE

tetradic

#AE4B56 #88AE4B #4BAEA3 #724BAE

square

#AE4B56 #88AE4B #4BAEA3 #724BAE

split-complementary

#AE4B56 #4BAE72 #4B88AE

monochromatic

#58262C #833941 #AE4B56 #C3737C #D59EA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#AE4B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AE4B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B56

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B56	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.130 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8185',
    500: '#ae4b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b56;
$custom-light: #cb8185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54388,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B56

secondary

#93C2BD

accent

#D0C258

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B56

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

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