#AE515D#AE515D

#AE515D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.122 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE515D
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 93)
HSL	hsl(352, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 39.13, 11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 40.76, 16.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.1183 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.122 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3753, 15.6763, 12.2013)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE515D #51AEA2

analogous

#AE518C #AE515D #AE7351

triadic

#AE515D #5DAE51 #515DAE

tetradic

#AE515D #8CAE51 #51AEA2 #7351AE

square

#AE515D #8CAE51 #51AEA2 #7351AE

split-complementary

#AE515D #51AE73 #518CAE

monochromatic

#5A2A30 #843E47 #AE515D #C17B84 #D5A5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AE515D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AE515D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE515D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE515D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE515D	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64635D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C755B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae515d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.122 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca858a',
    500: '#ae515d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae515d;
$custom-light: #ca858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae515d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55435,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE515D

secondary

#99C2BD

accent

#CCBE5B

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE515D

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

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