#AE545C#AE545C

#AE545C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.118 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE545C
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 92)
HSL	hsl(355, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 47.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 37.49, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 39.62, 18.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1131 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.118 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5592, 16.1144, 12.0455)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE545C #54AEA6

analogous

#AE5489 #AE545C #AE7954

triadic

#AE545C #5CAE54 #545CAE

tetradic

#AE545C #89AE54 #54AEA6 #7954AE

square

#AE545C #89AE54 #54AEA6 #7954AE

split-complementary

#AE545C #54AE79 #5489AE

monochromatic

#5C2C30 #863F46 #AE545C #C27E84 #D5A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AE545C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE545C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE545C

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE545C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE545C	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae545c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.118 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca878a',
    500: '#ae545c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae545c;
$custom-light: #ca878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae545c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55863,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE545C

secondary

#9BC3BF

accent

#CCC25C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE545C

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

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