#AE4536#AE4536

#AE4536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.141 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4536
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 41.99, 30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 52.12, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1213 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.141 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2515, 13.5240, 5.0333)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4536 #369FAE

analogous

#AE3663 #AE4536 #AE8136

triadic

#AE4536 #36AE45 #4536AE

tetradic

#AE4536 #63AE36 #369FAE #8136AE

square

#AE4536 #63AE36 #369FAE #8136AE

split-complementary

#AE4536 #36AE81 #3663AE

monochromatic

#512019 #7F3228 #AE4536 #CB6556 #D99085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#AE4536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE4536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4536

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4536	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)

#615934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.141 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d6d',
    500: '#ae4536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4536;
$custom-light: #cd7d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52929,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4536

secondary

#7DBAC3

accent

#CADC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4536

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

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