#AE5565#AE5565

#AE5565 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.117 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5565
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(349, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 42%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 37.93, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 38.76, 11.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.115 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.117 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0544, 16.4376, 14.2680)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5565 #55AE9E

analogous

#AE5591 #AE5565 #AE7155

triadic

#AE5565 #65AE55 #5565AE

tetradic

#AE5565 #91AE55 #55AE9E #7155AE

square

#AE5565 #91AE55 #55AE9E #7155AE

split-complementary

#AE5565 #55AE71 #5591AE

monochromatic

#5D2C35 #86404C #AE5565 #C27E8B #D5A8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5565

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5565	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.117 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98790',
    500: '#ae5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5565;
$custom-light: #c98790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.213,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56251,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5565

secondary

#9CC3BC

accent

#CBB85C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5565

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

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