#AE453E#AE453E

#AE453E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.139 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE453E
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 42.47, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 49.96, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1243 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.139 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4551, 13.6054, 6.1055)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE453E #3EA7AE

analogous

#AE3E6F #AE453E #AE7D3E

triadic

#AE453E #3EAE45 #453EAE

tetradic

#AE453E #6FAE3E #3EA7AE #7D3EAE

square

#AE453E #6FAE3E #3EA7AE #7D3EAE

split-complementary

#AE453E #3EAE7D #3E6FAE

monochromatic

#54211E #81332E #AE453E #C76862 #D7948F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#AE453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#AE453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE453E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE453E	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.139 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7d73',
    500: '#ae453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae453e;
$custom-light: #cc7d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53058,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE453E

secondary

#86BEC2

accent

#CFD751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE453E

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

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