#AE443B#AE443B

#AE443B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.141 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE443B
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 42.76, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 51.01, 33.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1246 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.141 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3141, 13.4514, 5.6635)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE443B #3BA5AE

analogous

#AE3B6B #AE443B #AE7D3B

triadic

#AE443B #3BAE44 #443BAE

tetradic

#AE443B #6BAE3B #3BA5AE #7D3BAE

square

#AE443B #6BAE3B #3BA5AE #7D3BAE

split-complementary

#AE443B #3BAE7D #3B6BAE

monochromatic

#53201C #80322C #AE443B #C8665E #D8928C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#AE443B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#AE443B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE443B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE443B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE443B	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae443b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.141 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c71',
    500: '#ae443b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae443b;
$custom-light: #cd7c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae443b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52872,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE443B

secondary

#82BDC2

accent

#CED94F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE443B

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

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