#AE5E4D#AE5E4D

#AE5E4D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.108 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E4D
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 77)
HSL	hsl(11, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 30.77, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 39.14, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0905 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.108 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7995, 17.5423, 9.2050)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E4D #4D9DAE

analogous

#AE4D6D #AE5E4D #AE8E4D

triadic

#AE5E4D #4DAE5E #5E4DAE

tetradic

#AE5E4D #6DAE4D #4D9DAE #8E4DAE

square

#AE5E4D #6DAE4D #4D9DAE #8E4DAE

split-complementary

#AE5E4D #4DAE8E #4D6DAE

monochromatic

#593027 #84473A #AE5E4D #C28376 #D5AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AE5E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AE5E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E4D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E4D	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.108 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8d7f',
    500: '#ae5e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e4d;
$custom-light: #ca8d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.515,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57143,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E4D

secondary

#95BAC2

accent

#BACF59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E4D

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

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