#AE504D#AE504D

#AE504D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.124 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE504D
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 38.16, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 43.24, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1134 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.124 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6655, 15.2743, 8.8270)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE504D #4DABAE

analogous

#AE4D7B #AE504D #AE814D

triadic

#AE504D #4DAE50 #504DAE

tetradic

#AE504D #7BAE4D #4DABAE #814DAE

square

#AE504D #7BAE4D #4DABAE #814DAE

split-complementary

#AE504D #4DAE81 #4D7BAE

monochromatic

#592927 #843C3A #AE504D #C27876 #D5A2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AE504D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE504D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE504D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE504D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE504D	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)

#66614C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae504d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.124 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb847e',
    500: '#ae504d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae504d;
$custom-light: #cb847e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae504d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.856,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54916,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE504D

secondary

#95C1C2

accent

#CBCF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE504D

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

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