#AE4E59#AE4E59

#AE4E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.126 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E59
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 40.25, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 42.27, 17.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.1214 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.126 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9847, 15.1712, 11.2198)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E59 #4EAEA3

analogous

#AE4E89 #AE4E59 #AE734E

triadic

#AE4E59 #59AE4E #4E59AE

tetradic

#AE4E59 #89AE4E #4EAEA3 #734EAE

square

#AE4E59 #89AE4E #4EAEA3 #734EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E59 #4EAE73 #4E89AE

monochromatic

#59282E #843B43 #AE4E59 #C27780 #D5A1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#AE4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#AE4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E59

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E59	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)

#636159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.126 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8387',
    500: '#ae4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e59;
$custom-light: #ca8387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54892,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E59

secondary

#96C2BD

accent

#CEC15A

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E59

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

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