#AE5A52#AE5A52

#AE5A52 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.111 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A52
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 33.36, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 39.02, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.0991 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.111 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6363, 16.9226, 10.0553)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A52 #52A6AE

analogous

#AE5278 #AE5A52 #AE8852

triadic

#AE5A52 #52AE5A #5A52AE

tetradic

#AE5A52 #78AE52 #52A6AE #8852AE

square

#AE5A52 #78AE52 #52A6AE #8852AE

split-complementary

#AE5A52 #52AE88 #5278AE

monochromatic

#5B2F2B #85443E #AE5A52 #C2827C #D5AAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AE5A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A52

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A52	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.111 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a82',
    500: '#ae5a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a52;
$custom-light: #ca8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56583,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A52

secondary

#99BFC2

accent

#C2CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A52

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

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