#AE595A#AE595A

#AE595A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.111 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE595A
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 90)
HSL	hsl(359, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 34.66, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 37.92, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1041 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.111 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8749, 16.8840, 11.7251)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE595A #59AEAD

analogous

#AE5985 #AE595A #AE8359

triadic

#AE595A #5AAE59 #595AAE

tetradic

#AE595A #85AE59 #59AEAD #8359AE

square

#AE595A #85AE59 #59AEAD #8359AE

split-complementary

#AE595A #59AE83 #5985AE

monochromatic

#5E2E2F #884243 #AE595A #C28283 #D6ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE595A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE595A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE595A

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE595A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE595A	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C685A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae595a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.111 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a88',
    500: '#ae595a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae595a;
$custom-light: #ca8a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae595a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.294,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56599,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE595A

secondary

#9FC4C4

accent

#CAC95D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE595A

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

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