#AE555D#AE555D

#AE555D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.116 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE555D
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 93)
HSL	hsl(355, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 37.07, 12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 39.13, 18.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1118 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.116 16)
XYZ	xyz(22.6813, 16.2884, 12.3033)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE555D #55AEA6

analogous

#AE5589 #AE555D #AE7955

triadic

#AE555D #5DAE55 #555DAE

tetradic

#AE555D #89AE55 #55AEA6 #7955AE

square

#AE555D #89AE55 #55AEA6 #7955AE

split-complementary

#AE555D #55AE79 #5589AE

monochromatic

#5D2C30 #864046 #AE555D #C27E84 #D5A8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AE555D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AE555D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE555D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE555D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE555D	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68655D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae555d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.116 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca878a',
    500: '#ae555d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae555d;
$custom-light: #ca878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae555d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.607,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56042,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.16286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE555D

secondary

#9CC3C0

accent

#CBC25C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE555D

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

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