#AE4E5C#AE4E5C

#AE4E5C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.126 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E5C
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 47.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 40.55, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 42.06, 15.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1226 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.126 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1133, 15.2226, 11.8969)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E5C #4EAEA0

analogous

#AE4E8C #AE4E5C #AE704E

triadic

#AE4E5C #5CAE4E #4E5CAE

tetradic

#AE4E5C #8CAE4E #4EAEA0 #704EAE

square

#AE4E5C #8CAE4E #4EAEA0 #704EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E5C #4EAE70 #4E8CAE

monochromatic

#59282F #843B46 #AE4E5C #C27782 #D5A1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#AE4E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#AE4E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E5C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E5C	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B745A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.126 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca838a',
    500: '#ae4e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e5c;
$custom-light: #ca838a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54967,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E5C

secondary

#96C2BC

accent

#CEBD5A

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E5C

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

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