#AE442D#AE442D

#AE442D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.144 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE442D
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 42.00, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 55.10, 40.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.1195 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.144 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9984, 13.3251, 4.0011)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE442D #2D97AE

analogous

#AE2D56 #AE442D #AE852D

triadic

#AE442D #2DAE44 #442DAE

tetradic

#AE442D #56AE2D #2D97AE #852DAE

square

#AE442D #56AE2D #2D97AE #852DAE

split-complementary

#AE442D #2DAE85 #2D56AE

monochromatic

#4D1E14 #7D3120 #AE442D #D06148 #DC8B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#AE442D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#AE442D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE442D

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE442D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE442D	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)

#61582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae442d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.144 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c67',
    500: '#ae442d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae442d;
$custom-light: #cd7c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae442d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.698,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52672,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE442D

secondary

#72B6C4

accent

#C6E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE442D

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

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