#AE4340#AE4340

#AE4340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.141 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4340
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 43.55, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 50.07, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1281 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.141 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3901, 13.3858, 6.3595)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4340 #40ABAE

analogous

#AE4074 #AE4340 #AE7A40

triadic

#AE4340 #40AE43 #4340AE

tetradic

#AE4340 #74AE40 #40ABAE #7A40AE

square

#AE4340 #74AE40 #40ABAE #7A40AE

split-complementary

#AE4340 #40AE7A #4074AE

monochromatic

#55211F #813230 #AE4340 #C66865 #D79492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#AE4340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#AE4340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4340

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4340	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.141 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c75',
    500: '#ae4340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4340;
$custom-light: #cc7c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52825,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4340

secondary

#88C0C2

accent

#D2D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4340

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

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