#AE5950#AE5950

#AE5950 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.113 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5950
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 33.72, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 39.76, 32.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.113 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4776, 16.7250, 9.6324)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5950 #50A5AE

analogous

#AE5076 #AE5950 #AE8850

triadic

#AE5950 #50AE59 #5950AE

tetradic

#AE5950 #76AE50 #50A5AE #8850AE

square

#AE5950 #76AE50 #50A5AE #8850AE

split-complementary

#AE5950 #50AE88 #5076AE

monochromatic

#5A2E29 #84443D #AE5950 #C2807A #D5A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AE5950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5950

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5950	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.113 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a81',
    500: '#ae5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5950;
$custom-light: #ca8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.745,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5638,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5950

secondary

#98BEC2

accent

#C2CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5950

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

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