#AE4239#AE4239

#AE4239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.143 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4239
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 57)
HSL	hsl(5, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 43.57, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 52.08, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1268 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.143 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1443, 13.1932, 5.3559)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4239 #39A5AE

analogous

#AE396B #AE4239 #AE7C39

triadic

#AE4239 #39AE42 #4239AE

tetradic

#AE4239 #6BAE39 #39A5AE #7C39AE

square

#AE4239 #6BAE39 #39A5AE #7C39AE

split-complementary

#AE4239 #39AE7C #396BAE

monochromatic

#521F1B #80312A #AE4239 #C9635B #D88F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#AE4239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AE4239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4239

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4239	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.143 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b6f',
    500: '#ae4239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4239;
$custom-light: #cd7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52574,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4239

secondary

#80BDC3

accent

#CFDA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4239

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

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