#AE4640#AE4640

#AE4640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.138 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4640
RGB	rgb(174, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 42.13, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 49.19, 31.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1236 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.138 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5731, 13.7518, 6.4205)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4640 #40A8AE

analogous

#AE4071 #AE4640 #AE7D40

triadic

#AE4640 #40AE46 #4640AE

tetradic

#AE4640 #71AE40 #40A8AE #7D40AE

square

#AE4640 #71AE40 #40A8AE #7D40AE

split-complementary

#AE4640 #40AE7D #4071AE

monochromatic

#55221F #813430 #AE4640 #C66A65 #D79592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#AE4640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AE4640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4640

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4640	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.138 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7d75',
    500: '#ae4640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4640;
$custom-light: #cc7d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53229,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4640

secondary

#88BFC2

accent

#CFD652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4640

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

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