#AE4545#AE4545

#AE4545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.138 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE4545
RGBrgb(174, 69, 69)
HSLhsl(0, 43%, 48%)
HSVhsv(0, 60%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.3%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(43.78, 42.95, 22.26)
CIE-LCHlch(43.78, 48.38, 27.39°)
OKLaboklab(53.19% 0.1271 0.0539)
OKLCHoklch(53.19% 0.138 23)
XYZxyz(20.6597, 13.6872, 7.1830)
Luminance0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE4545 #45AEAE
analogous
#AE4579 #AE4545 #AE7945
triadic
#AE4545 #45AE45 #4545AE
tetradic
#AE4545 #79AE45 #45AEAE #7945AE
square
#AE4545 #79AE45 #45AEAE #7945AE
split-complementary
#AE4545 #45AE79 #4579AE
monochromatic
#562222 #823434 #AE4545 #C56C6C #D69797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62
#AE4545 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74
#AE4545 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4545
5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE4545#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE45451.005.623.745.62
#FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00
#0000003.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F5A44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A7042
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE3146
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae4545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.138 23.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7d78',
    500: '#ae4545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae4545;
$custom-light: #cc7d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae4545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53186,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.13685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE4545
secondary
#8DC2C2
accent
#D3D355
background
#FDF7F7
surface
#FAEEED
border
#D3C9C8
text
#140A09
muted
#837C7B

Preview Lab

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#AE4545 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva