#AE5E4F#AE5E4F

#AE5E4F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.107 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E4F
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 79)
HSL	hsl(9, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 30.95, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 38.59, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.0913 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.107 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8712, 17.5709, 9.5827)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E4F #4F9FAE

analogous

#AE4F70 #AE5E4F #AE8E4F

triadic

#AE5E4F #4FAE5E #5E4FAE

tetradic

#AE5E4F #70AE4F #4F9FAE #8E4FAE

square

#AE5E4F #70AE4F #4F9FAE #8E4FAE

split-complementary

#AE5E4F #4FAE8E #4F70AE

monochromatic

#5A3129 #84473C #AE5E4F #C28478 #D5AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#AE5E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AE5E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E4F

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E4F	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.107 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8d80',
    500: '#ae5e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e4f;
$custom-light: #ca8d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57182,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E4F

secondary

#97BBC2

accent

#BBCE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E4F

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

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