#AE4231#AE4231

#AE4231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.145 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4231
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 43.13, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 54.35, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.1238 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.145 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9602, 13.1196, 4.3864)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4231 #319DAE

analogous

#AE315E #AE4231 #AE8031

triadic

#AE4231 #31AE42 #4231AE

tetradic

#AE4231 #5EAE31 #319DAE #8031AE

square

#AE4231 #5EAE31 #319DAE #8031AE

split-complementary

#AE4231 #31AE80 #315EAE

monochromatic

#4E1E16 #7E3024 #AE4231 #CD604F #DB8B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#AE4231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AE4231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4231

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4231	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F572F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.145 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b6a',
    500: '#ae4231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4231;
$custom-light: #cd7b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.16,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52456,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4231

secondary

#77B9C4

accent

#CBDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4231

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

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