#AE403A#AE403A

#AE403A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.145 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE403A
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 58)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 44.55, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 52.37, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% 0.1301 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.145 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0547, 12.9737, 5.4503)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE403A #3AA8AE

analogous

#AE3A6E #AE403A #AE7A3A

triadic

#AE403A #3AAE40 #403AAE

tetradic

#AE403A #6EAE3A #3AA8AE #7A3AAE

square

#AE403A #6EAE3A #3AA8AE #7A3AAE

split-complementary

#AE403A #3AAE7A #3A6EAE

monochromatic

#521E1B #802F2B #AE403A #C9625C #D88E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#AE403A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#AE403A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE403A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE403A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE403A	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae403a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.145 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7a70',
    500: '#ae403a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae403a;
$custom-light: #cd7a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae403a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52331,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE403A

secondary

#81BFC2

accent

#D2DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE403A

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

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