#AE4234#AE4234

#AE4234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.144 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4234
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 52)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 43.29, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 53.47, 35.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1249 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.144 30)
XYZ	xyz(20.0256, 13.1458, 4.7310)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4234 #34A0AE

analogous

#AE3463 #AE4234 #AE7F34

triadic

#AE4234 #34AE42 #4234AE

tetradic

#AE4234 #63AE34 #34A0AE #7F34AE

square

#AE4234 #63AE34 #34A0AE #7F34AE

split-complementary

#AE4234 #34AE7F #3463AE

monochromatic

#501E18 #7F3026 #AE4234 #CC6153 #DA8D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AE4234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE4234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4234

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4234	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)

#5F5732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.144 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b6c',
    500: '#ae4234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4234;
$custom-light: #cd7b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52498,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.13143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4234

secondary

#7BBBC3

accent

#CCDD4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4234

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

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