#AE7579#AE7579

#AE7579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.072 H 14.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7579
RGB	rgb(174, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(356, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 22.97, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 24.00, 16.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.0698 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.072 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2688, 23.1035, 21.1086)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7579 #75AEAA

analogous

#AE7596 #AE7579 #AE8E75

triadic

#AE7579 #79AE75 #7579AE

tetradic

#AE7579 #96AE75 #75AEAA #8E75AE

square

#AE7579 #96AE75 #75AEAA #8E75AE

split-complementary

#AE7579 #75AE8E #7596AE

monochromatic

#6A3E41 #915559 #AE7579 #C59C9E #DBC2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#AE7579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#AE7579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7579

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7579	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.072 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79d9f',
    500: '#ae7579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7579;
$custom-light: #c79d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62239,
    "c": 0.07213,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7579

secondary

#B4CBC9

accent

#C2BC65

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7579

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

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