#AE4B59#AE4B59

#AE4B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.130 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B59
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(352, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 41.74, 12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 43.47, 16.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1261 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.13 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7764, 14.7546, 11.1504)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B59 #4BAEA0

analogous

#AE4B8B #AE4B59 #AE6F4B

triadic

#AE4B59 #59AE4B #4B59AE

tetradic

#AE4B59 #8BAE4B #4BAEA0 #6F4BAE

square

#AE4B59 #8BAE4B #4BAEA0 #6F4BAE

split-complementary

#AE4B59 #4BAE6F #4B8BAE

monochromatic

#58262D #833943 #AE4B59 #C3737F #D59EA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#AE4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AE4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B59

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B59	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.130 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8187',
    500: '#ae4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b59;
$custom-light: #ca8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.515,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54461,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B59

secondary

#93C2BB

accent

#D0BF58

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B59

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

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