#AE423F#AE423F

#AE423F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.142 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE423F
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 43.94, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 50.59, 29.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1291 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.142 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3029, 13.2567, 6.1913)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE423F #3FABAE

analogous

#AE3F74 #AE423F #AE7A3F

triadic

#AE423F #3FAE42 #423FAE

tetradic

#AE423F #74AE3F #3FABAE #7A3FAE

square

#AE423F #74AE3F #3FABAE #7A3FAE

split-complementary

#AE423F #3FAE7A #3F74AE

monochromatic

#54201E #81312F #AE423F #C76664 #D79290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#AE423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#AE423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE423F

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE423F	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.142 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b74',
    500: '#ae423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae423f;
$custom-light: #cc7b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52676,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE423F

secondary

#87C0C2

accent

#D3D651

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE423F

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

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