#AE5A4E#AE5A4E

#AE5A4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.112 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A4E
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 33.01, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 39.94, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.0975 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.112 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4885, 16.8635, 9.2769)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A4E #4EA2AE

analogous

#AE4E72 #AE5A4E #AE8A4E

triadic

#AE5A4E #4EAE5A #5A4EAE

tetradic

#AE5A4E #72AE4E #4EA2AE #8A4EAE

square

#AE5A4E #72AE4E #4EA2AE #8A4EAE

split-complementary

#AE5A4E #4EAE8A #4E72AE

monochromatic

#592E28 #84443B #AE5A4E #C28077 #D5A8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE5A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AE5A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A4E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A4E	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.112 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a7f',
    500: '#ae5a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a4e;
$custom-light: #ca8a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56502,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A4E

secondary

#96BDC2

accent

#C0CE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A4E

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

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