#AE7477#AE7477

#AE7477 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.073 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7477
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 119)
HSL	hsl(357, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(357, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 31.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 23.25, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 24.50, 18.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0706 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.073 16)
XYZ	xyz(27.0315, 22.8232, 20.4307)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7477 #74AEAB

analogous

#AE7494 #AE7477 #AE8E74

triadic

#AE7477 #77AE74 #7477AE

tetradic

#AE7477 #94AE74 #74AEAB #8E74AE

square

#AE7477 #94AE74 #74AEAB #8E74AE

split-complementary

#AE7477 #74AE8E #7494AE

monochromatic

#6A3E40 #915457 #AE7477 #C59B9D #DBC1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#AE7477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#AE7477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7477

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7477	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.073 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c9e',
    500: '#ae7477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7477;
$custom-light: #c89c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.22821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7477

secondary

#B3CBCA

accent

#C3BE65

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7477

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

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