#AE685E#AE685E

#AE685E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE685E
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(8, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 26.92, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 32.18, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0806 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.092 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4276, 19.7096, 13.1053)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE685E #5EA4AE

analogous

#AE5E7C #AE685E #AE905E

triadic

#AE685E #5EAE68 #685EAE

tetradic

#AE685E #7CAE5E #5EA4AE #905EAE

square

#AE685E #7CAE5E #5EA4AE #905EAE

split-complementary

#AE685E #5EAE90 #5E7CAE

monochromatic

#613731 #8A4E45 #AE685E #C28E87 #D7B4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AE685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#AE685E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE685E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE685E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9948b',
    500: '#ae685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae685e;
$custom-light: #c9948b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59217,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE685E

secondary

#A3C1C5

accent

#BCC95F

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#827E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE685E

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

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