#AE6459#AE6459

#AE6459 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6459
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 28.61, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 34.46, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0853 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.098 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8174, 18.8365, 11.8307)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6459 #59A3AE

analogous

#AE5979 #AE6459 #AE8F59

triadic

#AE6459 #59AE64 #6459AE

tetradic

#AE6459 #79AE59 #59A3AE #8F59AE

square

#AE6459 #79AE59 #59A3AE #8F59AE

split-complementary

#AE6459 #59AE8F #5979AE

monochromatic

#5E342E #884B42 #AE6459 #C28A82 #D6B1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AE6459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#AE6459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6459

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6459	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99188',
    500: '#ae6459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6459;
$custom-light: #c99188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.765,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58409,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6459

secondary

#9FBFC4

accent

#BCCA5D

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6459

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

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