#AE5953#AE5953

#AE5953 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.112 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5953
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 33.99, 19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 39.12, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1012 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.112 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5909, 16.7704, 10.2292)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5953 #53A8AE

analogous

#AE537A #AE5953 #AE8653

triadic

#AE5953 #53AE59 #5953AE

tetradic

#AE5953 #7AAE53 #53A8AE #8653AE

square

#AE5953 #7AAE53 #53A8AE #8653AE

split-complementary

#AE5953 #53AE86 #537AAE

monochromatic

#5C2E2B #85433F #AE5953 #C2817D #D5A9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AE5953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5953 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5953

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5953	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.112 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a83',
    500: '#ae5953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5953;
$custom-light: #ca8a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.956,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56442,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5953

secondary

#9AC0C3

accent

#C5CC5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5953

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

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