#AE473A#AE473A

#AE473A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.138 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE473A
RGB	rgb(174, 71, 58)
HSL	hsl(7, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 41.26, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 50.46, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1198 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.138 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4745, 13.8133, 5.5902)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE473A #3AA1AE

analogous

#AE3A67 #AE473A #AE813A

triadic

#AE473A #3AAE47 #473AAE

tetradic

#AE473A #67AE3A #3AA1AE #813AAE

square

#AE473A #67AE3A #3AA1AE #813AAE

split-complementary

#AE473A #3AAE81 #3A67AE

monochromatic

#52221B #80342B #AE473A #C9695C #D8938A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AE473A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AE473A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE473A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE473A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE473A	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae473a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 71, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.138 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7e70',
    500: '#ae473a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae473a;
$custom-light: #cc7e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae473a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.724,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53266,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE473A

secondary

#81BBC2

accent

#CADA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE473A

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

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