#AE544C#AE544C

#AE544C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.119 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE544C
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 76)
HSL	hsl(5, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 36.01, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 42.19, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1065 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.119 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9321, 15.8636, 8.7431)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE544C #4CA6AE

analogous

#AE4C75 #AE544C #AE854C

triadic

#AE544C #4CAE54 #544CAE

tetradic

#AE544C #75AE4C #4CA6AE #854CAE

square

#AE544C #75AE4C #4CA6AE #854CAE

split-complementary

#AE544C #4CAE85 #4C75AE

monochromatic

#592B27 #833F39 #AE544C #C37B75 #D5A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AE544C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AE544C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE544C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE544C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE544C	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A634B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae544c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.119 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb867e',
    500: '#ae544c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae544c;
$custom-light: #cb867e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae544c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55507,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE544C

secondary

#94BEC2

accent

#C5CF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE544C

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

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