#AE4142#AE4142

#AE4142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.143 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4142
RGB	rgb(174, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 44.60, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 50.23, 27.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.1318 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.143 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3311, 13.1753, 6.6257)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4142 #41AEAD

analogous

#AE4178 #AE4142 #AE7741

triadic

#AE4142 #42AE41 #4142AE

tetradic

#AE4142 #78AE41 #41AEAD #7741AE

square

#AE4142 #78AE41 #41AEAD #7741AE

split-complementary

#AE4142 #41AE77 #4178AE

monochromatic

#552020 #813031 #AE4142 #C66667 #D79393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE4142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE4142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4142

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4142	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.143 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b76',
    500: '#ae4142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4142;
$custom-light: #cc7b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.45,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52601,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4142

secondary

#89C2C1

accent

#D5D453

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4142

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

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