#AE4E57#AE4E57

#AE4E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.126 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E57
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(354, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 40.06, 14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 42.46, 19.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.1206 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.126 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9019, 15.1381, 10.7835)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E57 #4EAEA5

analogous

#AE4E87 #AE4E57 #AE754E

triadic

#AE4E57 #57AE4E #4E57AE

tetradic

#AE4E57 #87AE4E #4EAEA5 #754EAE

square

#AE4E57 #87AE4E #4EAEA5 #754EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E57 #4EAE75 #4E87AE

monochromatic

#59282D #843B42 #AE4E57 #C2777E #D5A1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#AE4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#AE4E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E57

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E57	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.126 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8386',
    500: '#ae4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e57;
$custom-light: #ca8386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54843,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E57

secondary

#96C2BE

accent

#CEC35A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E57

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

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