#AE5E55#AE5E55

#AE5E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.106 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E55
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 31.49, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 37.13, 32.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.0937 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.106 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0995, 17.6623, 10.7852)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E55 #55A5AE

analogous

#AE5578 #AE5E55 #AE8A55

triadic

#AE5E55 #55AE5E #5E55AE

tetradic

#AE5E55 #78AE55 #55A5AE #8A55AE

square

#AE5E55 #78AE55 #55A5AE #8A55AE

split-complementary

#AE5E55 #55AE8A #5578AE

monochromatic

#5D312C #864740 #AE5E55 #C2857E #D5ADA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AE5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AE5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E55

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E55	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD525C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.106 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8d85',
    500: '#ae5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e55;
$custom-light: #ca8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.067,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57304,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E55

secondary

#9CBFC3

accent

#C0CB5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E55

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

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