#AE545E#AE545E

#AE545E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.118 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE545E
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 37.69, 11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 39.46, 17.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1139 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.118 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6477, 16.1499, 12.5120)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE545E #54AEA4

analogous

#AE548B #AE545E #AE7754

triadic

#AE545E #5EAE54 #545EAE

tetradic

#AE545E #8BAE54 #54AEA4 #7754AE

square

#AE545E #8BAE54 #54AEA4 #7754AE

split-complementary

#AE545E #54AE77 #548BAE

monochromatic

#5C2C31 #863F47 #AE545E #C27E85 #D5A7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AE545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AE545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE545E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE545E	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.118 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca878b',
    500: '#ae545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae545e;
$custom-light: #ca878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55914,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE545E

secondary

#9BC3BE

accent

#CCBF5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE545E

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

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