#AE535A#AE535A

#AE535A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.119 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE535A
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 90)
HSL	hsl(355, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 37.80, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 40.21, 19.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1139 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.119 17)
XYZ	xyz(22.3958, 15.9258, 11.5654)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE535A #53AEA7

analogous

#AE5387 #AE535A #AE7A53

triadic

#AE535A #5AAE53 #535AAE

tetradic

#AE535A #87AE53 #53AEA7 #7A53AE

square

#AE535A #87AE53 #53AEA7 #7A53AE

split-complementary

#AE535A #53AE7A #5387AE

monochromatic

#5C2B2F #853F44 #AE535A #C27D82 #D5A6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AE535A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AE535A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE535A

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE535A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE535A	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae535a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.119 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8688',
    500: '#ae535a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae535a;
$custom-light: #ca8688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae535a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55662,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.15923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE535A

secondary

#9AC3C0

accent

#CCC35C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE535A

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

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