#AE7973#AE7973

#AE7973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.068 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7973
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(6, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 19.90, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 23.05, 30.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0606 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.068 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3883, 23.9130, 19.3894)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7973 #73A8AE

analogous

#AE738B #AE7973 #AE9773

triadic

#AE7973 #73AE79 #7973AE

tetradic

#AE7973 #8BAE73 #73A8AE #9773AE

square

#AE7973 #8BAE73 #73A8AE #9773AE

split-complementary

#AE7973 #73AE97 #738BAE

monochromatic

#6A423D #905A53 #AE7973 #C49E9A #DBC3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AE7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#AE7973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7973

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7973	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.068 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a09b',
    500: '#ae7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7973;
$custom-light: #c7a09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62825,
    "c": 0.06761,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7973

secondary

#B2C8CA

accent

#B9C365

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7973

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

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