#AE6B59#AE6B59

#AE6B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.091 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6B59
RGB	rgb(174, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(13, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(13, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 24.73, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 32.68, 40.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0735 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.091 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5178, 20.2375, 12.0642)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6B59 #599CAE

analogous

#AE5972 #AE6B59 #AE9659

triadic

#AE6B59 #59AE6B #6B59AE

tetradic

#AE6B59 #72AE59 #599CAE #9659AE

square

#AE6B59 #72AE59 #599CAE #9659AE

split-complementary

#AE6B59 #59AE96 #5972AE

monochromatic

#5E382E #885142 #AE6B59 #C29082 #D6B4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AE6B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AE6B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6B59

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6B59	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.091 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99688',
    500: '#ae6b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6b59;
$custom-light: #c99688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.706,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59643,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6B59

secondary

#9FBCC4

accent

#B3CA5D

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6B59

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

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