#AE4443#AE4443

#AE4443 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.139 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4443
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 67)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 43.28, 23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 49.10, 28.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1278 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.139 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5377, 13.5408, 6.8412)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4443 #43ADAE

analogous

#AE4377 #AE4443 #AE7A43

triadic

#AE4443 #43AE44 #4443AE

tetradic

#AE4443 #77AE43 #43ADAE #7A43AE

square

#AE4443 #77AE43 #43ADAE #7A43AE

split-complementary

#AE4443 #43AE7A #4377AE

monochromatic

#562121 #823332 #AE4443 #C56A69 #D69695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#AE4443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#AE4443 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4443

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4443	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.139 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c77',
    500: '#ae4443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4443;
$custom-light: #cc7c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.561,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53014,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4443

secondary

#8BC1C2

accent

#D3D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4443

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

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