#AE4E50#AE4E50

#AE4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.126 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E50
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 39.43, 18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 43.38, 24.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1178 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.126 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6296, 15.0292, 9.3497)
Luminance	0.1503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E50 #4EAEAC

analogous

#AE4E80 #AE4E50 #AE7C4E

triadic

#AE4E50 #50AE4E #4E50AE

tetradic

#AE4E50 #80AE4E #4EAEAC #7C4EAE

square

#AE4E50 #80AE4E #4EAEAC #7C4EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E50 #4EAE7C #4E80AE

monochromatic

#592829 #843B3D #AE4E50 #C27779 #D5A1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#AE4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AE4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E50

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E50	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64604F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.126 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8381',
    500: '#ae4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e50;
$custom-light: #cb8381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54683,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E50

secondary

#96C2C1

accent

#CECC5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E50

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

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