#AE422C#AE422C

#AE422C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.146 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE422C
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 42.90, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 55.88, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.1221 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.146 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8605, 13.0797, 3.8612)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE422C #2C98AE

analogous

#AE2C57 #AE422C #AE832C

triadic

#AE422C #2CAE42 #422CAE

tetradic

#AE422C #57AE2C #2C98AE #832CAE

square

#AE422C #57AE2C #2C98AE #832CAE

split-complementary

#AE422C #2CAE83 #2C57AE

monochromatic

#4C1D13 #7D2F20 #AE422C #D05E47 #DD8978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#AE422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AE422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE422C

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE422C	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF283D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.146 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b66',
    500: '#ae422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae422c;
$custom-light: #ce7b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52392,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE422C

secondary

#71B7C5

accent

#C8E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE422C

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

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