#AE595E#AE595E

#AE595E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.111 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE595E
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 35.07, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 37.44, 20.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1057 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.111 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0498, 16.9539, 12.6460)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE595E #59AEA9

analogous

#AE5989 #AE595E #AE7F59

triadic

#AE595E #5EAE59 #595EAE

tetradic

#AE595E #89AE59 #59AEA9 #7F59AE

square

#AE595E #89AE59 #59AEA9 #7F59AE

split-complementary

#AE595E #59AE7F #5989AE

monochromatic

#5E2E31 #884246 #AE595E #C28286 #D6ABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AE595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AE595E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE595E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE595E	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.111 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a8b',
    500: '#ae595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae595e;
$custom-light: #ca8a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56695,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE595E

secondary

#9FC4C2

accent

#CAC45D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE595E

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

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