#AE596B#AE596B

#AE596B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.112 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE596B
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(347, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(347, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 38.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 36.53, 5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 36.98, 8.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1109 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.112 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6830, 17.2072, 15.9811)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE596B #59AE9C

analogous

#AE5996 #AE596B #AE7259

triadic

#AE596B #6BAE59 #596BAE

tetradic

#AE596B #96AE59 #59AE9C #7259AE

square

#AE596B #96AE59 #59AE9C #7259AE

split-complementary

#AE596B #59AE72 #5996AE

monochromatic

#5E2E38 #884251 #AE596B #C28290 #D6ABB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE596B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE596B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.112 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a95',
    500: '#ae596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae596b;
$custom-light: #c98a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.294,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5704,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE596B

secondary

#9FC4BC

accent

#CAB35D

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F1

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140C0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE596B

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

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