#AE4D50#AE4D50

#AE4D50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D50
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 80)
HSL	hsl(358, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 39.93, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 43.73, 24.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1193 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.127 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5591, 14.8881, 9.3262)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D50 #4DAEAB

analogous

#AE4D81 #AE4D50 #AE7B4D

triadic

#AE4D50 #50AE4D #4D50AE

tetradic

#AE4D50 #81AE4D #4DAEAB #7B4DAE

square

#AE4D50 #81AE4D #4DAEAB #7B4DAE

split-complementary

#AE4D50 #4DAE7B #4D81AE

monochromatic

#592729 #843A3C #AE4D50 #C27678 #D5A0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#AE4D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D50

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D50	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8281',
    500: '#ae4d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d50;
$custom-light: #cb8281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.144,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54536,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D50

secondary

#95C2C1

accent

#CFCB59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D50

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

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