#AE4D56#AE4D56

#AE4D56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.127 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D56
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 86)
HSL	hsl(354, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 40.47, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 42.94, 19.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1218 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.127 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7908, 14.9808, 10.5463)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D56 #4DAEA5

analogous

#AE4D87 #AE4D56 #AE754D

triadic

#AE4D56 #56AE4D #4D56AE

tetradic

#AE4D56 #87AE4D #4DAEA5 #754DAE

square

#AE4D56 #87AE4D #4DAEA5 #754DAE

split-complementary

#AE4D56 #4DAE75 #4D87AE

monochromatic

#59272C #843A41 #AE4D56 #C2767D #D5A0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#AE4D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AE4D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D56

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D56	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.127 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8285',
    500: '#ae4d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d56;
$custom-light: #cb8285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.433,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54674,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D56

secondary

#95C2BE

accent

#CFC459

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D56

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

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