#AE5A50#AE5A50

#AE5A50 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.112 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A50
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 33.19, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 39.46, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.0983 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.112 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5613, 16.8926, 9.6603)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A50 #50A4AE

analogous

#AE5075 #AE5A50 #AE8950

triadic

#AE5A50 #50AE5A #5A50AE

tetradic

#AE5A50 #75AE50 #50A4AE #8950AE

square

#AE5A50 #75AE50 #50A4AE #8950AE

split-complementary

#AE5A50 #50AE89 #5075AE

monochromatic

#5A2F29 #84443D #AE5A50 #C2817A #D5A9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE5A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A50

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A50	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)

#6E674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.112 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a81',
    500: '#ae5a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a50;
$custom-light: #ca8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.383,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56542,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A50

secondary

#98BEC2

accent

#C1CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A50

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

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