#AE4E60#AE4E60

#AE4E60 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.126 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E60
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 96)
HSL	hsl(349, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 40.96, 8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 41.91, 12.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.1242 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.126 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2927, 15.2944, 12.8422)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E60 #4EAE9C

analogous

#AE4E90 #AE4E60 #AE6C4E

triadic

#AE4E60 #60AE4E #4E60AE

tetradic

#AE4E60 #90AE4E #4EAE9C #6C4EAE

square

#AE4E60 #90AE4E #4EAE9C #6C4EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E60 #4EAE6C #4E90AE

monochromatic

#592831 #843B49 #AE4E60 #C27785 #D5A1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AE4E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AE4E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E60

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E60	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.126 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca838d',
    500: '#ae4e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e60;
$custom-light: #ca838d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55072,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E60

secondary

#96C2BA

accent

#CEB85A

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E60

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

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