#AE555A#AE555A

#AE555A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.116 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE555A
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 90)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 36.77, 14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 39.43, 21.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1106 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.116 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5511, 16.2363, 11.6172)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE555A #55AEA9

analogous

#AE5586 #AE555A #AE7C55

triadic

#AE555A #5AAE55 #555AAE

tetradic

#AE555A #86AE55 #55AEA9 #7C55AE

square

#AE555A #86AE55 #55AEA9 #7C55AE

split-complementary

#AE555A #55AE7C #5586AE

monochromatic

#5D2C2F #864044 #AE555A #C27E82 #D5A8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE555A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE555A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE555A

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE555A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE555A	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68655A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae555a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.116 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8788',
    500: '#ae555a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae555a;
$custom-light: #ca8788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae555a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.629,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55969,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE555A

secondary

#9CC3C1

accent

#CBC55C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE555A

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

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