#AE6972#AE6972

#AE6972 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.089 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6972
RGB	rgb(174, 105, 114)
HSL	hsl(352, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(352, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 28.73, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 29.52, 13.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0871 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.089 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5454, 20.3187, 18.4928)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6972 #69AEA5

analogous

#AE6995 #AE6972 #AE8369

triadic

#AE6972 #72AE69 #6972AE

tetradic

#AE6972 #95AE69 #69AEA5 #8369AE

square

#AE6972 #95AE69 #69AEA5 #8369AE

split-complementary

#AE6972 #69AE83 #6995AE

monochromatic

#66373D #8D4C55 #AE6972 #C39197 #D9B8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AE6972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AE6972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6972

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6972	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA626C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 105, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.089 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8959a',
    500: '#ae6972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6972;
$custom-light: #c8959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59894,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6972

secondary

#ABC8C4

accent

#C6B962

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F1F2

border

#D1CBCC

text

#130D0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6972

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

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