#AE473B#AE473B

#AE473B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.138 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE473B
RGB	rgb(174, 71, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 41.32, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 50.19, 34.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1202 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.138 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5002, 13.8236, 5.7255)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE473B #3BA2AE

analogous

#AE3B68 #AE473B #AE803B

triadic

#AE473B #3BAE47 #473BAE

tetradic

#AE473B #68AE3B #3BA2AE #803BAE

square

#AE473B #68AE3B #3BA2AE #803BAE

split-complementary

#AE473B #3BAE80 #3B68AE

monochromatic

#53221C #80342C #AE473B #C8695E #D8948C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AE473B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AE473B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE473B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE473B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE473B	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)

#625A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae473b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 71, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.138 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7e71',
    500: '#ae473b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae473b;
$custom-light: #cc7e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae473b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53282,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE473B

secondary

#82BCC2

accent

#CAD94F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE473B

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

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