#AE7974#AE7974

#AE7974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.067 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7974
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 116)
HSL	hsl(5, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 33.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 20.04, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 22.89, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.061 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.067 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4462, 23.9361, 19.6941)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7974 #74A9AE

analogous

#AE748C #AE7974 #AE9674

triadic

#AE7974 #74AE79 #7974AE

tetradic

#AE7974 #8CAE74 #74A9AE #9674AE

square

#AE7974 #8CAE74 #74A9AE #9674AE

split-complementary

#AE7974 #74AE96 #748CAE

monochromatic

#6A423E #915954 #AE7974 #C59E9B #DBC4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AE7974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#AE7974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7974

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7974	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.067 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a09c',
    500: '#ae7974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7974;
$custom-light: #c7a09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.172,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6285,
    "c": 0.06739,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7974

secondary

#B3C9CB

accent

#BBC365

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7974

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

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