#AE6255#AE6255

#AE6255 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.101 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6255
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(9, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 29.31, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 35.98, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.087 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.101 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4645, 18.3922, 10.9069)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6255 #55A1AE

analogous

#AE5574 #AE6255 #AE8E55

triadic

#AE6255 #55AE62 #6255AE

tetradic

#AE6255 #74AE55 #55A1AE #8E55AE

square

#AE6255 #74AE55 #55A1AE #8E55AE

split-complementary

#AE6255 #55AE8E #5574AE

monochromatic

#5D332C #864A40 #AE6255 #C2887E #D5AFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6255

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6255	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.101 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9085',
    500: '#ae6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6255;
$custom-light: #ca9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.764,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5798,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6255

secondary

#9CBDC3

accent

#BBCB5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6255

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

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