#AE545A#AE545A

#AE545A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE545A
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(356, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 37.29, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 39.82, 20.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1122 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.118 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4729, 16.0799, 11.5911)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE545A #54AEA8

analogous

#AE5487 #AE545A #AE7B54

triadic

#AE545A #5AAE54 #545AAE

tetradic

#AE545A #87AE54 #54AEA8 #7B54AE

square

#AE545A #87AE54 #54AEA8 #7B54AE

split-complementary

#AE545A #54AE7B #5487AE

monochromatic

#5C2C2F #863F44 #AE545A #C27E82 #D5A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AE545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE545A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE545A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE545A	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8788',
    500: '#ae545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae545a;
$custom-light: #ca8788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55815,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE545A

secondary

#9BC3C0

accent

#CCC45C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE545A

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

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