#AE797C#AE797C

#AE797C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.067 H 15.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE797C
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(357, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(357, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 28.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 21.14, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 22.18, 17.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.0643 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.067 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9317, 24.1303, 22.2513)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE797C #79AEAB

analogous

#AE7996 #AE797C #AE9079

triadic

#AE797C #7CAE79 #797CAE

tetradic

#AE797C #96AE79 #79AEAB #9079AE

square

#AE797C #96AE79 #79AEAB #9079AE

split-complementary

#AE797C #79AE90 #7996AE

monochromatic

#6C4143 #92585B #AE797C #C59FA1 #DCC5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AE797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#AE797C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE797C

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE797C	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.067 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0a1',
    500: '#ae797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae797c;
$custom-light: #c7a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.06664,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE797C

secondary

#B7CCCB

accent

#C1BC67

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE797C

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

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