#AE402E#AE402E

#AE402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.148 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE402E
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 43.91, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 55.74, 38.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.1257 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.148 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7842, 12.8655, 4.0257)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE402E #2E9CAE

analogous

#AE2E5C #AE402E #AE802E

triadic

#AE402E #2EAE40 #402EAE

tetradic

#AE402E #5CAE2E #2E9CAE #802EAE

square

#AE402E #5CAE2E #2E9CAE #802EAE

split-complementary

#AE402E #2EAE80 #2E5CAE

monochromatic

#4D1C14 #7E2E21 #AE402E #CF5D4A #DC887A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AE402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE402E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE402E	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)

#5E552B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.148 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a67',
    500: '#ae402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae402e;
$custom-light: #ce7a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52156,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE402E

secondary

#74B9C4

accent

#CCE146

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE402E

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

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