#AE5960#AE5960

#AE5960 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.111 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5960
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(355, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 35.28, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 37.26, 18.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1065 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.111 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1407, 16.9903, 13.1248)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5960 #59AEA7

analogous

#AE598B #AE5960 #AE7D59

triadic

#AE5960 #60AE59 #5960AE

tetradic

#AE5960 #8BAE59 #59AEA7 #7D59AE

square

#AE5960 #8BAE59 #59AEA7 #7D59AE

split-complementary

#AE5960 #59AE7D #598BAE

monochromatic

#5E2E32 #884248 #AE5960 #C28287 #D6ABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AE5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AE5960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5960

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5960	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.111 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a8d',
    500: '#ae5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5960;
$custom-light: #c98a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.059,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56745,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5960

secondary

#9FC4C1

accent

#CAC15D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5960

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

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