#AE442C#AE442C

#AE442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.144 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE442C
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 41.96, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 55.42, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1192 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.144 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9794, 13.3175, 3.9009)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE442C #2C96AE

analogous

#AE2C55 #AE442C #AE852C

triadic

#AE442C #2CAE44 #442CAE

tetradic

#AE442C #55AE2C #2C96AE #852CAE

square

#AE442C #55AE2C #2C96AE #852CAE

split-complementary

#AE442C #2CAE85 #2C55AE

monochromatic

#4C1E13 #7D3120 #AE442C #D06047 #DD8A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#AE442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#AE442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE442C

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE442C	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.144 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c66',
    500: '#ae442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae442c;
$custom-light: #cd7c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5266,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE442C

secondary

#71B5C5

accent

#C6E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE442C

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

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