#AE556B#AE556B

#AE556B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.118 H 6.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE556B
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(345, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(345, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 38.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 38.62, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 38.89, 6.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1174 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.118 6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3592, 16.5595, 15.8732)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE556B #55AE98

analogous

#AE5597 #AE556B #AE6B55

triadic

#AE556B #6BAE55 #556BAE

tetradic

#AE556B #97AE55 #55AE98 #6B55AE

square

#AE556B #97AE55 #55AE98 #6B55AE

split-complementary

#AE556B #55AE6B #5597AE

monochromatic

#5D2C38 #864051 #AE556B #C27E8F #D5A8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AE556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE556B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE556B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE556B	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.118 6.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98795',
    500: '#ae556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae556b;
$custom-light: #c98795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.169,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56421,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE556B

secondary

#9CC3B9

accent

#CBB05C

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F1

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0D

muted

#827C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE556B

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

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