#AE5D4E#AE5D4E

#AE5D4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.109 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5D4E
RGB	rgb(174, 93, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 31.40, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 39.12, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.0925 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.109 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7467, 17.3798, 9.3630)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5D4E #4E9FAE

analogous

#AE4E6F #AE5D4E #AE8D4E

triadic

#AE5D4E #4EAE5D #5D4EAE

tetradic

#AE5D4E #6FAE4E #4E9FAE #8D4EAE

square

#AE5D4E #6FAE4E #4E9FAE #8D4EAE

split-complementary

#AE5D4E #4EAE8D #4E6FAE

monochromatic

#593028 #84463B #AE5D4E #C28377 #D5A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AE5D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AE5D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5D4E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5D4E	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71694C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 93, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.109 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8c7f',
    500: '#ae5d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5d4e;
$custom-light: #ca8c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56995,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5D4E

secondary

#96BBC2

accent

#BCCE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

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

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