#AE504C#AE504C

#AE504C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.124 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE504C
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 38.07, 20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 43.45, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.1129 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.124 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6305, 15.2603, 8.6425)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE504C #4CAAAE

analogous

#AE4C79 #AE504C #AE814C

triadic

#AE504C #4CAE50 #504CAE

tetradic

#AE504C #79AE4C #4CAAAE #814CAE

square

#AE504C #79AE4C #4CAAAE #814CAE

split-complementary

#AE504C #4CAE81 #4C79AE

monochromatic

#592927 #833C39 #AE504C #C37875 #D5A19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AE504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE504C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE504C

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE504C	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E744A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.124 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb847e',
    500: '#ae504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae504c;
$custom-light: #cb847e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54895,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE504C

secondary

#94C0C2

accent

#CACF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE504C

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

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