#AE544B#AE544B

#AE544B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.120 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE544B
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 75)
HSL	hsl(5, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 35.93, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 42.42, 32.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1061 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.12 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8976, 15.8498, 8.5614)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE544B #4BA5AE

analogous

#AE4B74 #AE544B #AE864B

triadic

#AE544B #4BAE54 #544BAE

tetradic

#AE544B #74AE4B #4BA5AE #864BAE

square

#AE544B #74AE4B #4BA5AE #864BAE

split-complementary

#AE544B #4BAE86 #4B74AE

monochromatic

#582B26 #833F39 #AE544B #C37B73 #D5A39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AE544B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AE544B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE544B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE544B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE544B	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A634A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae544b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.120 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb867d',
    500: '#ae544b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae544b;
$custom-light: #cb867d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae544b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55487,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE544B

secondary

#93BEC2

accent

#C5D058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE544B

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

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