#AE404E#AE404E

#AE404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.144 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE404E
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 45.96, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 48.61, 19.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1381 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.144 16)
XYZ	xyz(20.6659, 13.2182, 8.6694)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE404E #40AEA0

analogous

#AE4085 #AE404E #AE6940

triadic

#AE404E #4EAE40 #404EAE

tetradic

#AE404E #85AE40 #40AEA0 #6940AE

square

#AE404E #85AE40 #40AEA0 #6940AE

split-complementary

#AE404E #40AE69 #4085AE

monochromatic

#551F26 #81303A #AE404E #C66571 #D7929A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#AE404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AE404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE404E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE404E	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.144 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7a7f',
    500: '#ae404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae404e;
$custom-light: #cc7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52725,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.13216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE404E

secondary

#88C2BB

accent

#D6C552

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE404E

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

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