#AE424C#AE424C

#AE424C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.141 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE424C
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 76)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 44.89, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 48.17, 21.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1344 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.141 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7101, 13.4195, 8.3357)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE424C #42AEA4

analogous

#AE4282 #AE424C #AE6E42

triadic

#AE424C #4CAE42 #424CAE

tetradic

#AE424C #82AE42 #42AEA4 #6E42AE

square

#AE424C #82AE42 #42AEA4 #6E42AE

split-complementary

#AE424C #42AE6E #4282AE

monochromatic

#552025 #823139 #AE424C #C66870 #D6949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#AE424C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#AE424C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE424C

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE424C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE424C	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C584C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae424c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.141 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7b7d',
    500: '#ae424c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae424c;
$custom-light: #cc7b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae424c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52935,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE424C

secondary

#8AC2BD

accent

#D5C953

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE424C

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

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