#AE443E#AE443E

#AE443E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.140 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE443E
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 62)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 42.94, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 50.25, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1258 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.14 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3941, 13.4834, 6.0851)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE443E #3EA8AE

analogous

#AE3E70 #AE443E #AE7C3E

triadic

#AE443E #3EAE44 #443EAE

tetradic

#AE443E #70AE3E #3EA8AE #7C3EAE

square

#AE443E #70AE3E #3EA8AE #7C3EAE

split-complementary

#AE443E #3EAE7C #3E70AE

monochromatic

#54211E #81322E #AE443E #C76862 #D7938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#AE443E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE443E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE443E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE443E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE443E	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae443e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.140 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c73',
    500: '#ae443e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae443e;
$custom-light: #cc7c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae443e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.214,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52923,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE443E

secondary

#86BFC2

accent

#D0D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE443E

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

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