#AE4E55#AE4E55

#AE4E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.126 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E55
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(356, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 39.87, 15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 42.68, 20.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.1198 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.126 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8213, 15.1058, 10.3591)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E55 #4EAEA7

analogous

#AE4E85 #AE4E55 #AE774E

triadic

#AE4E55 #55AE4E #4E55AE

tetradic

#AE4E55 #85AE4E #4EAEA7 #774EAE

square

#AE4E55 #85AE4E #4EAEA7 #774EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E55 #4EAE77 #4E85AE

monochromatic

#59282C #843B40 #AE4E55 #C2777D #D5A1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#AE4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#AE4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E55

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E55	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.126 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8384',
    500: '#ae4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e55;
$custom-light: #cb8384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54796,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E55

secondary

#96C2BF

accent

#CEC65A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E55

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

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