#AE5657#AE5657

#AE5657 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.115 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5657
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 35.95, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 39.45, 24.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1078 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.115 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5052, 16.3448, 10.9846)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5657 #56AEAD

analogous

#AE5683 #AE5657 #AE8156

triadic

#AE5657 #57AE56 #5657AE

tetradic

#AE5657 #83AE56 #56AEAD #8156AE

square

#AE5657 #83AE56 #56AEAD #8156AE

split-complementary

#AE5657 #56AE81 #5683AE

monochromatic

#5D2D2D #864041 #AE5657 #C27F80 #D6A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AE5657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AE5657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5657

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5657	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.115 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8886',
    500: '#ae5657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5657;
$custom-light: #ca8886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56054,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5657

secondary

#9CC3C3

accent

#CBCA5D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5657

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

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