#AE403C#AE403C

#AE403C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.145 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE403C
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 60)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 44.67, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 51.88, 30.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1308 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.145 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1065, 12.9944, 5.7235)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE403C #3CAAAE

analogous

#AE3C71 #AE403C #AE793C

triadic

#AE403C #3CAE40 #403CAE

tetradic

#AE403C #71AE3C #3CAAAE #793CAE

square

#AE403C #71AE3C #3CAAAE #793CAE

split-complementary

#AE403C #3CAE79 #3C71AE

monochromatic

#531F1D #802F2C #AE403C #C8635F #D88F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#AE403C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#AE403C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE403C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE403C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE403C	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae403c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.145 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7a72',
    500: '#ae403c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae403c;
$custom-light: #cd7a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae403c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52365,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE403C

secondary

#83C0C2

accent

#D3D850

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE403C

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

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