#AE5F53#AE5F53

#AE5F53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.105 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5F53
RGB	rgb(174, 95, 83)
HSL	hsl(8, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 30.76, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 37.30, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.0912 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.105 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1107, 17.8099, 10.4025)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5F53 #53A2AE

analogous

#AE5374 #AE5F53 #AE8C53

triadic

#AE5F53 #53AE5F #5F53AE

tetradic

#AE5F53 #74AE53 #53A2AE #8C53AE

square

#AE5F53 #74AE53 #53A2AE #8C53AE

split-complementary

#AE5F53 #53AE8C #5374AE

monochromatic

#5C312B #85483F #AE5F53 #C2867D #D5ACA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#AE5F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AE5F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5F53

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5F53	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 95, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.105 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8e83',
    500: '#ae5f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5f53;
$custom-light: #ca8e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.912,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5F53

secondary

#9ABDC3

accent

#BDCC5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5F53

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

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