#AE504E#AE504E

#AE504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.124 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE504E
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 38.24, 19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 43.05, 27.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1138 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.124 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7011, 15.2886, 9.0144)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE504E #4EACAE

analogous

#AE4E7C #AE504E #AE804E

triadic

#AE504E #4EAE50 #504EAE

tetradic

#AE504E #7CAE4E #4EACAE #804EAE

square

#AE504E #7CAE4E #4EACAE #804EAE

split-complementary

#AE504E #4EAE80 #4E7CAE

monochromatic

#592928 #843D3B #AE504E #C27977 #D5A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AE504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AE504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE504E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE504E	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.124 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb847f',
    500: '#ae504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae504e;
$custom-light: #cb847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54936,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE504E

secondary

#96C1C2

accent

#CCCE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE504E

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

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