#AE7777#AE7777

#AE7777 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.069 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7777
RGB	rgb(174, 119, 119)
HSL	hsl(0, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 31.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 21.57, 8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 23.27, 22.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0656 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.069 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3830, 23.5260, 20.5479)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7777 #77AEAE

analogous

#AE7793 #AE7777 #AE9377

triadic

#AE7777 #77AE77 #7777AE

tetradic

#AE7777 #93AE77 #77AEAE #9377AE

square

#AE7777 #93AE77 #77AEAE #9377AE

split-complementary

#AE7777 #77AE93 #7793AE

monochromatic

#6B4040 #915757 #AE7777 #C59D9D #DCC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#AE7777 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#AE7777 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7777

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7777	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7777	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7777;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 119, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.069 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e9e',
    500: '#ae7777',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7777;
$custom-light: #c79e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7777",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 25.346,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62555,
    "c": 0.06945,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7777

secondary

#B5CCCC

accent

#C2C266

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7777

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

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