#AE4427#AE4427

#AE4427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.145 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4427
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 41.74, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 57.02, 42.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.1176 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.145 36)
XYZ	xyz(19.8910, 13.2822, 3.4354)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4427 #2791AE

analogous

#AE274E #AE4427 #AE8827

triadic

#AE4427 #27AE44 #4427AE

tetradic

#AE4427 #4EAE27 #2791AE #8827AE

square

#AE4427 #4EAE27 #2791AE #8827AE

split-complementary

#AE4427 #27AE88 #274EAE

monochromatic

#4A1D11 #7C301C #AE4427 #D45E3E #DF8870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#AE4427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#AE4427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4427

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4427	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.145 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c63',
    500: '#ae4427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4427;
$custom-light: #ce7c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52603,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.13279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4427

secondary

#6BB2C6

accent

#C3E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4427

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

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