#AE5954#AE5954

#AE5954 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.112 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5954
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 84)
HSL	hsl(3, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 51.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 34.08, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 38.92, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1016 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.112 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6298, 16.7859, 10.4340)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5954 #54A9AE

analogous

#AE547C #AE5954 #AE8654

triadic

#AE5954 #54AE59 #5954AE

tetradic

#AE5954 #7CAE54 #54A9AE #8654AE

square

#AE5954 #7CAE54 #54A9AE #8654AE

split-complementary

#AE5954 #54AE86 #547CAE

monochromatic

#5C2E2C #86433F #AE5954 #C2817E #D5AAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AE5954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AE5954 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5954

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5954	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.112 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a84',
    500: '#ae5954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5954;
$custom-light: #ca8a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5954

secondary

#9BC1C3

accent

#C6CC5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5954

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

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