#AE5C4E#AE5C4E

#AE5C4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C4E
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 31.94, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 39.39, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0942 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.11 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6595, 17.2054, 9.3339)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C4E #4EA0AE

analogous

#AE4E70 #AE5C4E #AE8C4E

triadic

#AE5C4E #4EAE5C #5C4EAE

tetradic

#AE5C4E #70AE4E #4EA0AE #8C4EAE

square

#AE5C4E #70AE4E #4EA0AE #8C4EAE

split-complementary

#AE5C4E #4EAE8C #4E70AE

monochromatic

#592F28 #84463B #AE5C4E #C28277 #D5A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE5C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE5C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C4E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C4E	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)

#70694D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8c7f',
    500: '#ae5c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c4e;
$custom-light: #ca8c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5683,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C4E

secondary

#96BCC2

accent

#BDCE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C4E

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

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