#AE545F#AE545F

#AE545F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.118 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE545F
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 95)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 45.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 37.80, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 39.40, 16.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1143 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.118 14)
XYZ	xyz(22.6929, 16.1679, 12.7499)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE545F #54AEA3

analogous

#AE548C #AE545F #AE7654

triadic

#AE545F #5FAE54 #545FAE

tetradic

#AE545F #8CAE54 #54AEA3 #7654AE

square

#AE545F #8CAE54 #54AEA3 #7654AE

split-complementary

#AE545F #54AE76 #548CAE

monochromatic

#5C2C32 #863F48 #AE545F #C27E86 #D5A7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AE545F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AE545F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE545F

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE545F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE545F	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae545f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.118 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca878c',
    500: '#ae545f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae545f;
$custom-light: #ca878c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae545f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.667,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55939,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.16166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE545F

secondary

#9BC3BE

accent

#CCBE5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE545F

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

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