#AE6262#AE6262

#AE6262 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.099 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6262
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 98)
HSL	hsl(0, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 43.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 30.65, 13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 33.51, 23.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0924 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.099 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0292, 18.6181, 13.8810)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6262 #62AEAE

analogous

#AE6288 #AE6262 #AE8862

triadic

#AE6262 #62AE62 #6262AE

tetradic

#AE6262 #88AE62 #62AEAE #8862AE

square

#AE6262 #88AE62 #62AEAE #8862AE

split-complementary

#AE6262 #62AE88 #6288AE

monochromatic

#633333 #8B4848 #AE6262 #C38A8A #D8B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE6262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE6262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6262

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6262	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.099 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9908e',
    500: '#ae6262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6262;
$custom-light: #c9908e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58273,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6262

secondary

#A6C6C6

accent

#C8C860

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6262

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

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