#AE5050#AE5050

#AE5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.124 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5050
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 38.41, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 42.69, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1146 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.124 22)
XYZ	xyz(21.7739, 15.3177, 9.3978)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5050 #50AEAE

analogous

#AE507F #AE5050 #AE7F50

triadic

#AE5050 #50AE50 #5050AE

tetradic

#AE5050 #7FAE50 #50AEAE #7F50AE

square

#AE5050 #7FAE50 #50AEAE #7F50AE

split-complementary

#AE5050 #50AE7F #507FAE

monochromatic

#5A2929 #843D3D #AE5050 #C27A7A #D5A3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AE5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AE5050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5050

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5050	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)

#66614F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D754E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.124 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8481',
    500: '#ae5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5050;
$custom-light: #cb8481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54979,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.15315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5050

secondary

#98C2C2

accent

#CDCD5B

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5050

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

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