#AE4E61#AE4E61

#AE4E61 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.126 H 9.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E61
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 97)
HSL	hsl(348, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 41.07, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 41.90, 11.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1246 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.126 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3391, 15.3129, 13.0862)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E61 #4EAE9B

analogous

#AE4E91 #AE4E61 #AE6B4E

triadic

#AE4E61 #61AE4E #4E61AE

tetradic

#AE4E61 #91AE4E #4EAE9B #6B4EAE

square

#AE4E61 #91AE4E #4EAE9B #6B4EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E61 #4EAE6B #4E91AE

monochromatic

#592832 #843B49 #AE4E61 #C27786 #D5A1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AE4E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AE4E61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E61

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E61	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)

#616161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.126 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca838d',
    500: '#ae4e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e61;
$custom-light: #ca838d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55099,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E61

secondary

#96C2B9

accent

#CEB75A

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E61

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

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