#AE4E5D#AE4E5D

#AE4E5D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.126 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E5D
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 93)
HSL	hsl(351, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 40.65, 10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 42.01, 14.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.123 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.126 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1573, 15.2402, 12.1286)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E5D #4EAE9F

analogous

#AE4E8D #AE4E5D #AE6F4E

triadic

#AE4E5D #5DAE4E #4E5DAE

tetradic

#AE4E5D #8DAE4E #4EAE9F #6F4EAE

square

#AE4E5D #8DAE4E #4EAE9F #6F4EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E5D #4EAE6F #4E8DAE

monochromatic

#592830 #843B46 #AE4E5D #C27783 #D5A1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#AE4E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE4E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E5D

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E5D	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.126 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca838a',
    500: '#ae4e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e5d;
$custom-light: #ca838a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54993,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E5D

secondary

#96C2BB

accent

#CEBC5A

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E5D

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

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