#AE7978#AE7978

#AE7978 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.067 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7978
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 120)
HSL	hsl(1, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(1, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 31%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 20.58, 8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 22.42, 23.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0626 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.067 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6839, 24.0312, 20.9460)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7978 #78ADAE

analogous

#AE7892 #AE7978 #AE9478

triadic

#AE7978 #78AE79 #7978AE

tetradic

#AE7978 #92AE78 #78ADAE #9478AE

square

#AE7978 #92AE78 #78ADAE #9478AE

split-complementary

#AE7978 #78AE94 #7892AE

monochromatic

#6B4140 #915857 #AE7978 #C59F9E #DCC5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AE7978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7978

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7978	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.067 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a09f',
    500: '#ae7978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7978;
$custom-light: #c7a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62955,
    "c": 0.06679,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7978

secondary

#B6CBCC

accent

#C0C166

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7978

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

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