#AE5A4F#AE5A4F

#AE5A4F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.112 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A4F
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 79)
HSL	hsl(7, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 33.10, 21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 39.70, 33.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.0979 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.112 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5247, 16.8779, 9.4672)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A4F #4FA3AE

analogous

#AE4F74 #AE5A4F #AE894F

triadic

#AE5A4F #4FAE5A #5A4FAE

tetradic

#AE5A4F #74AE4F #4FA3AE #894FAE

square

#AE5A4F #74AE4F #4FA3AE #894FAE

split-complementary

#AE5A4F #4FAE89 #4F74AE

monochromatic

#5A2E29 #84443C #AE5A4F #C28178 #D5A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE5A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A4F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A4F	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.112 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a80',
    500: '#ae5a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a4f;
$custom-light: #ca8a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.947,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56521,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A4F

secondary

#97BDC2

accent

#C0CE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A4F

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

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