#AE4241#AE4241

#AE4241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.142 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4241
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 65)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 44.08, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 50.14, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1299 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.142 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3598, 13.2794, 6.4911)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4241 #41ADAE

analogous

#AE4177 #AE4241 #AE7841

triadic

#AE4241 #41AE42 #4241AE

tetradic

#AE4241 #77AE41 #41ADAE #7841AE

square

#AE4241 #77AE41 #41ADAE #7841AE

split-complementary

#AE4241 #41AE78 #4177AE

monochromatic

#552020 #813130 #AE4241 #C66766 #D79393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#AE4241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#AE4241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4241

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4241	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.142 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b75',
    500: '#ae4241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4241;
$custom-light: #cc7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.55,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52712,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4241

secondary

#89C1C2

accent

#D4D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4241

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

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