#AE545B#AE545B

#AE545B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE545B
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 37.39, 13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 39.71, 19.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1126 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.118 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5157, 16.0970, 11.8168)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE545B #54AEA7

analogous

#AE5488 #AE545B #AE7A54

triadic

#AE545B #5BAE54 #545BAE

tetradic

#AE545B #88AE54 #54AEA7 #7A54AE

square

#AE545B #88AE54 #54AEA7 #7A54AE

split-complementary

#AE545B #54AE7A #5488AE

monochromatic

#5C2C2F #863F45 #AE545B #C27E83 #D5A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AE545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE545B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE545B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE545B	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)

#67645B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8789',
    500: '#ae545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae545b;
$custom-light: #ca8789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.333,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55839,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE545B

secondary

#9BC3C0

accent

#CCC35C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE545B

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

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