#AE474E#AE474E

#AE474E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.135 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE474E
RGB	rgb(174, 71, 78)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 42.70, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 46.14, 22.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1278 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.135 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0857, 14.0578, 8.8093)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE474E #47AEA7

analogous

#AE4782 #AE474E #AE7347

triadic

#AE474E #4EAE47 #474EAE

tetradic

#AE474E #82AE47 #47AEA7 #7347AE

square

#AE474E #82AE47 #47AEA7 #7347AE

split-complementary

#AE474E #47AE73 #4782AE

monochromatic

#572427 #83353B #AE474E #C46E74 #D69A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE474E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE474E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE474E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE474E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE474E	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae474e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 71, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.135 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7e7f',
    500: '#ae474e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae474e;
$custom-light: #cb7e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae474e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.922,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53645,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE474E

secondary

#8FC2BE

accent

#D2C956

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE474E

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

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