#AE7979#AE7979

#AE7979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.067 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7979
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 20.72, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 22.33, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.063 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.067 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7449, 24.0556, 21.2673)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7979 #79AEAE

analogous

#AE7993 #AE7979 #AE9379

triadic

#AE7979 #79AE79 #7979AE

tetradic

#AE7979 #93AE79 #79AEAE #9379AE

square

#AE7979 #93AE79 #79AEAE #9379AE

split-complementary

#AE7979 #79AE93 #7993AE

monochromatic

#6C4141 #925858 #AE7979 #C59F9F #DCC5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7979

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7979	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#838179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.067 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a09f',
    500: '#ae7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7979;
$custom-light: #c7a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62982,
    "c": 0.06671,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7979

secondary

#B7CCCC

accent

#C1C167

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7979

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

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