#AE5B59#AE5B59

#AE5B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.109 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B59
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 33.50, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 37.35, 26.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1004 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.109 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0013, 17.2044, 11.5587)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B59 #59ACAE

analogous

#AE5982 #AE5B59 #AE8659

triadic

#AE5B59 #59AE5B #5B59AE

tetradic

#AE5B59 #82AE59 #59ACAE #8659AE

square

#AE5B59 #82AE59 #59ACAE #8659AE

split-complementary

#AE5B59 #59AE86 #5982AE

monochromatic

#5E2F2E #884442 #AE5B59 #C28482 #D6ACAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE5B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B59

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B59	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.109 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8b87',
    500: '#ae5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b59;
$custom-light: #ca8b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.412,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56898,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B59

secondary

#9FC3C4

accent

#C8CA5D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B59

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

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