#AE4245#AE4245

#AE4245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.142 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4245
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 44.36, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 49.32, 25.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1315 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.142 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4798, 13.3274, 7.1231)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4245 #42AEAB

analogous

#AE427B #AE4245 #AE7542

triadic

#AE4245 #45AE42 #4245AE

tetradic

#AE4245 #7BAE42 #42AEAB #7542AE

square

#AE4245 #7BAE42 #42AEAB #7542AE

split-complementary

#AE4245 #42AE75 #427BAE

monochromatic

#552022 #823133 #AE4245 #C6686A #D69496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#AE4245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AE4245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4245

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4245	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.142 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b78',
    500: '#ae4245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4245;
$custom-light: #cc7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52789,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4245

secondary

#8AC2C0

accent

#D5D153

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4245

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

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