#AE5B4E#AE5B4E

#AE5B4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.111 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B4E
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 32.48, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 39.66, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0959 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.111 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5735, 17.0333, 9.3052)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B4E #4EA1AE

analogous

#AE4E71 #AE5B4E #AE8B4E

triadic

#AE5B4E #4EAE5B #5B4EAE

tetradic

#AE5B4E #71AE4E #4EA1AE #8B4EAE

square

#AE5B4E #71AE4E #4EA1AE #8B4EAE

split-complementary

#AE5B4E #4EAE8B #4E71AE

monochromatic

#592F28 #84453B #AE5B4E #C28177 #D5A8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AE5B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AE5B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B4E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B4E	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.111 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8b7f',
    500: '#ae5b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b4e;
$custom-light: #ca8b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56665,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B4E

secondary

#96BCC2

accent

#BECE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B4E

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

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