#AE4531#AE4531

#AE4531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.142 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4531
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 49)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 41.72, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 53.62, 38.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1194 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.142 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1401, 13.4794, 4.4464)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4531 #319AAE

analogous

#AE315B #AE4531 #AE8331

triadic

#AE4531 #31AE45 #4531AE

tetradic

#AE4531 #5BAE31 #319AAE #8331AE

square

#AE4531 #5BAE31 #319AAE #8331AE

split-complementary

#AE4531 #31AE83 #315BAE

monochromatic

#4E1F16 #7E3224 #AE4531 #CD634F #DB8D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#AE4531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE4531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4531

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4531	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)

#61582E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.142 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d6a',
    500: '#ae4531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4531;
$custom-light: #cd7d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52859,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4531

secondary

#77B7C4

accent

#C7DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4531

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

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