#AE4535#AE4535

#AE4535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.141 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4535
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 53)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, 41.93, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 52.41, 36.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1209 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.141 31)
XYZ	xyz(20.2283, 13.5147, 4.9109)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4535 #359EAE

analogous

#AE3562 #AE4535 #AE8235

triadic

#AE4535 #35AE45 #4535AE

tetradic

#AE4535 #62AE35 #359EAE #8235AE

square

#AE4535 #62AE35 #359EAE #8235AE

split-complementary

#AE4535 #35AE82 #3562AE

monochromatic

#502018 #7F3227 #AE4535 #CB6555 #DA8F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#AE4535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE4535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4535

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4535	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.141 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d6d',
    500: '#ae4535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4535;
$custom-light: #cd7d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.934,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52915,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4535

secondary

#7CBAC3

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4535

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

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