#AE596D#AE596D

#AE596D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.112 H 6.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE596D
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(346, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 37.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 36.77, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 37.06, 7.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1117 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.112 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7894, 17.2498, 16.5417)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE596D #59AE9A

analogous

#AE5998 #AE596D #AE7059

triadic

#AE596D #6DAE59 #596DAE

tetradic

#AE596D #98AE59 #59AE9A #7059AE

square

#AE596D #98AE59 #59AE9A #7059AE

split-complementary

#AE596D #59AE70 #5998AE

monochromatic

#5E2E39 #884253 #AE596D #C28291 #D6ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE596D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE596D	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.112 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a96',
    500: '#ae596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae596d;
$custom-light: #c98a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57098,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE596D

secondary

#9FC4BB

accent

#CAB15D

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F2

border

#D2CBCC

text

#140C0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE596D

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

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