#AE4425#AE4425

#AE4425 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.146 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4425
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 37)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 41.67, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 57.67, 43.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.117 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.146 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8587, 13.2692, 3.2654)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4425 #258FAE

analogous

#AE254A #AE4425 #AE8925

triadic

#AE4425 #25AE44 #4425AE

tetradic

#AE4425 #4AAE25 #258FAE #8925AE

square

#AE4425 #4AAE25 #258FAE #8925AE

split-complementary

#AE4425 #25AE89 #254AAE

monochromatic

#491D10 #7C301A #AE4425 #D55E3B #E0876D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#AE4425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#AE4425 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4425

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4425	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)

#625721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.146 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c62',
    500: '#ae4425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4425;
$custom-light: #ce7c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.577,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52583,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4425

secondary

#68B1C6

accent

#C2E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4425

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

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