#AE596E#AE596E

#AE596E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.113 H 5.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE596E
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(345, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(345, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 36.89, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 37.11, 6.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.112 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.113 5.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8436, 17.2714, 16.8268)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE596E #59AE99

analogous

#AE5999 #AE596E #AE6F59

triadic

#AE596E #6EAE59 #596EAE

tetradic

#AE596E #99AE59 #59AE99 #6F59AE

square

#AE596E #99AE59 #59AE99 #6F59AE

split-complementary

#AE596E #59AE6F #5999AE

monochromatic

#5E2E3A #884253 #AE596E #C28292 #D6ABB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE596E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE596E	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)

#68696F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.113 5.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a97',
    500: '#ae596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae596e;
$custom-light: #c98a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.176,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57127,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 5.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE596E

secondary

#9FC4BB

accent

#CAB05D

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F2

border

#D2CBCC

text

#140C0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE596E

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

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