#AE4136#AE4136

#AE4136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.145 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4136
RGB	rgb(174, 65, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 43.86, 30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 53.16, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.1271 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.145 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0137, 13.0483, 4.9540)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4136 #36A3AE

analogous

#AE3667 #AE4136 #AE7D36

triadic

#AE4136 #36AE41 #4136AE

tetradic

#AE4136 #67AE36 #36A3AE #7D36AE

square

#AE4136 #67AE36 #36A3AE #7D36AE

split-complementary

#AE4136 #36AE7D #3667AE

monochromatic

#511E19 #7F3028 #AE4136 #CB6156 #D98D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#AE4136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AE4136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4136

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4136	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 65, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.145 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7a6d',
    500: '#ae4136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4136;
$custom-light: #cd7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52397,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4136

secondary

#7DBDC3

accent

#CFDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4136

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

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