#AE7779#AE7779

#AE7779 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.069 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7779
RGB	rgb(174, 119, 121)
HSL	hsl(358, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 21.84, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 23.14, 19.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.0664 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.069 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5043, 23.5745, 21.1871)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7779 #77AEAC

analogous

#AE7795 #AE7779 #AE9077

triadic

#AE7779 #79AE77 #7779AE

tetradic

#AE7779 #95AE77 #77AEAC #9077AE

square

#AE7779 #95AE77 #77AEAC #9077AE

split-complementary

#AE7779 #77AE90 #7795AE

monochromatic

#6B4041 #915759 #AE7779 #C59D9F #DCC4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AE7779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#AE7779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7779

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7779	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 119, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.069 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e9f',
    500: '#ae7779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7779;
$custom-light: #c79e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 25.346,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62609,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7779

secondary

#B5CCCB

accent

#C2BE66

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7779

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

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