#AE4237#AE4237

#AE4237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.144 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4237
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 43.45, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 52.62, 34.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.126 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.144 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0954, 13.1737, 5.0983)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4237 #37A3AE

analogous

#AE3768 #AE4237 #AE7D37

triadic

#AE4237 #37AE42 #4237AE

tetradic

#AE4237 #68AE37 #37A3AE #7D37AE

square

#AE4237 #68AE37 #37A3AE #7D37AE

split-complementary

#AE4237 #37AE7D #3768AE

monochromatic

#511F1A #7F3028 #AE4237 #CA6358 #D98E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE4237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE4237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4237

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4237	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)

#5F5735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.144 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b6e',
    500: '#ae4237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4237;
$custom-light: #cd7b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.546,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52543,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4237

secondary

#7EBCC3

accent

#CEDB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4237

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

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