#AE402D#AE402D

#AE402D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.148 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE402D
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 43.86, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 56.04, 38.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1253 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.148 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7647, 12.8577, 3.9231)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE402D #2D9BAE

analogous

#AE2D5B #AE402D #AE802D

triadic

#AE402D #2DAE40 #402DAE

tetradic

#AE402D #5BAE2D #2D9BAE #802DAE

square

#AE402D #5BAE2D #2D9BAE #802DAE

split-complementary

#AE402D #2DAE80 #2D5BAE

monochromatic

#4D1C14 #7D2E20 #AE402D #D05C48 #DC8879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AE402D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE402D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE402D

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE402D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE402D	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae402d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.148 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a67',
    500: '#ae402d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae402d;
$custom-light: #ce7a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae402d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.837,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52143,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE402D

secondary

#72B8C4

accent

#CBE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE402D

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

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