#AE4E53#AE4E53

#AE4E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.126 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E53
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(357, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 39.69, 16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 42.93, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.119 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.126 19)
XYZ	xyz(21.7429, 15.0745, 9.9466)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E53 #4EAEA9

analogous

#AE4E83 #AE4E53 #AE794E

triadic

#AE4E53 #53AE4E #4E53AE

tetradic

#AE4E53 #83AE4E #4EAEA9 #794EAE

square

#AE4E53 #83AE4E #4EAEA9 #794EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E53 #4EAE79 #4E83AE

monochromatic

#59282B #843B3F #AE4E53 #C2777B #D5A1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#AE4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AE4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E53

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E53	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.126 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8383',
    500: '#ae4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e53;
$custom-light: #cb8383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5475,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.15072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E53

secondary

#96C2C0

accent

#CEC85A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E53

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

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