#AE555F#AE555F

#AE555F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.116 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE555F
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 95)
HSL	hsl(353, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 45.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 37.28, 11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 38.98, 16.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1126 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.116 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7711, 16.3243, 12.7759)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE555F #55AEA4

analogous

#AE558B #AE555F #AE7755

triadic

#AE555F #5FAE55 #555FAE

tetradic

#AE555F #8BAE55 #55AEA4 #7755AE

square

#AE555F #8BAE55 #55AEA4 #7755AE

split-complementary

#AE555F #55AE77 #558BAE

monochromatic

#5D2C32 #864048 #AE555F #C27E86 #D5A8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AE555F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AE555F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE555F

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE555F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE555F	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae555f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.116 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca878c',
    500: '#ae555f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae555f;
$custom-light: #ca878c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae555f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.258,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56093,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE555F

secondary

#9CC3BF

accent

#CBBF5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE555F

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

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