#AE5563#AE5563

#AE5563 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.117 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5563
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 99)
HSL	hsl(351, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 43.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 37.71, 9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 38.79, 13.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1142 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.117 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9576, 16.3989, 13.7582)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5563 #55AEA0

analogous

#AE558F #AE5563 #AE7355

triadic

#AE5563 #63AE55 #5563AE

tetradic

#AE5563 #8FAE55 #55AEA0 #7355AE

square

#AE5563 #8FAE55 #55AEA0 #7355AE

split-complementary

#AE5563 #55AE73 #558FAE

monochromatic

#5D2C34 #86404B #AE5563 #C27E89 #D5A8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AE5563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE5563 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5563

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5563	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.117 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca878f',
    500: '#ae5563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5563;
$custom-light: #ca878f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.562,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56197,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5563

secondary

#9CC3BD

accent

#CBBA5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5563

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

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