#AE554E#AE554E

#AE554E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.118 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE554E
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(4, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 35.66, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 41.44, 30.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1057 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.118 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0809, 16.0482, 9.1410)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE554E #4EA7AE

analogous

#AE4E77 #AE554E #AE854E

triadic

#AE554E #4EAE55 #554EAE

tetradic

#AE554E #77AE4E #4EA7AE #854EAE

square

#AE554E #77AE4E #4EA7AE #854EAE

split-complementary

#AE554E #4EAE85 #4E77AE

monochromatic

#592C28 #84403B #AE554E #C27D77 #D5A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AE554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AE554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE554E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE554E	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.118 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb877f',
    500: '#ae554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae554e;
$custom-light: #cb877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55703,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE554E

secondary

#96BFC2

accent

#C6CE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE554E

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

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