#AE4E5A#AE4E5A

#AE4E5A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.126 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E5A
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 90)
HSL	hsl(353, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 40.35, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 42.19, 16.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1218 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.126 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0270, 15.1881, 11.4425)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E5A #4EAEA2

analogous

#AE4E8A #AE4E5A #AE724E

triadic

#AE4E5A #5AAE4E #4E5AAE

tetradic

#AE4E5A #8AAE4E #4EAEA2 #724EAE

square

#AE4E5A #8AAE4E #4EAEA2 #724EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E5A #4EAE72 #4E8AAE

monochromatic

#59282E #843B44 #AE4E5A #C27780 #D5A1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#AE4E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#AE4E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E5A

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E5A	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63615A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.126 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8388',
    500: '#ae4e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e5a;
$custom-light: #ca8388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54917,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E5A

secondary

#96C2BD

accent

#CEC05A

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E5A

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

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