#AE4444#AE4444

#AE4444 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.139 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE4444
RGBrgb(174, 68, 68)
HSLhsl(0, 44%, 47%)
HSVhsv(0, 61%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.9%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(43.58, 43.35, 22.61)
CIE-LCHlch(43.58, 48.89, 27.54°)
OKLaboklab(53.03% 0.1282 0.0547)
OKLCHoklch(53.03% 0.139 23.1)
XYZxyz(20.5680, 13.5529, 7.0006)
Luminance0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE4444 #44AEAE
analogous
#AE4479 #AE4444 #AE7944
triadic
#AE4444 #44AE44 #4444AE
tetradic
#AE4444 #79AE44 #44AEAE #7944AE
square
#AE4444 #79AE44 #44AEAE #7944AE
split-complementary
#AE4444 #44AE79 #4479AE
monochromatic
#562222 #823333 #AE4444 #C56A6A #D69696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66
#AE4444 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71
#AE4444 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4444
5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE4444#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE44441.005.663.715.66
#FFFFFF5.661.0021.001.00
#0000003.7121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.661.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F5943
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#796F41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE3045
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae4444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.139 23.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c78',
    500: '#ae4444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae4444;
$custom-light: #cc7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae4444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53033,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE4444
secondary
#8CC2C2
accent
#D4D454
background
#FDF7F7
surface
#FAEEED
border
#D3C9C8
text
#140A08
muted
#837C7B

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#AE4444 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva