#AE4E58#AE4E58

#AE4E58 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.126 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E58
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 88)
HSL	hsl(354, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 49.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 40.16, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 42.36, 18.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.121 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.126 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9430, 15.1545, 11.0002)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E58 #4EAEA4

analogous

#AE4E88 #AE4E58 #AE744E

triadic

#AE4E58 #58AE4E #4E58AE

tetradic

#AE4E58 #88AE4E #4EAEA4 #744EAE

square

#AE4E58 #88AE4E #4EAEA4 #744EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E58 #4EAE74 #4E88AE

monochromatic

#59282D #843B43 #AE4E58 #C2777F #D5A1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#AE4E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#AE4E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E58

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E58	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)

#636058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.126 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8387',
    500: '#ae4e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e58;
$custom-light: #ca8387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54867,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E58

secondary

#96C2BD

accent

#CEC25A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E58

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

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