#AE4140#AE4140

#AE4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.143 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4140
RGB	rgb(174, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 44.47, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 50.66, 28.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.131 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.143 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2732, 13.1521, 6.3206)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4140 #40ADAE

analogous

#AE4076 #AE4140 #AE7840

triadic

#AE4140 #40AE41 #4140AE

tetradic

#AE4140 #76AE40 #40ADAE #7840AE

square

#AE4140 #76AE40 #40ADAE #7840AE

split-complementary

#AE4140 #40AE78 #4076AE

monochromatic

#55201F #813030 #AE4140 #C66665 #D79292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AE4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE4140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4140

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4140	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.143 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b75',
    500: '#ae4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4140;
$custom-light: #cc7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52564,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4140

secondary

#88C2C2

accent

#D5D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4140

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

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