#AE4424#AE4424

#AE4424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.146 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4424
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 41.63, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 57.99, 44.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1167 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.146 37)
XYZ	xyz(19.8433, 13.2631, 3.1839)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4424 #248EAE

analogous

#AE2449 #AE4424 #AE8924

triadic

#AE4424 #24AE44 #4424AE

tetradic

#AE4424 #49AE24 #248EAE #8924AE

square

#AE4424 #49AE24 #248EAE #8924AE

split-complementary

#AE4424 #24AE89 #2449AE

monochromatic

#491C0F #7B301A #AE4424 #D65E39 #E1876C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#AE4424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#AE4424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4424

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4424	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)

#625720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.146 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c61',
    500: '#ae4424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4424;
$custom-light: #ce7c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52573,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.1326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4424

secondary

#67B1C7

accent

#C1E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4424

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

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