#AE4840#AE4840

#AE4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.135 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4840
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 41.16, 25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 48.61, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1206 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.135 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7002, 14.0062, 6.4629)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4840 #40A6AE

analogous

#AE406F #AE4840 #AE7F40

triadic

#AE4840 #40AE48 #4840AE

tetradic

#AE4840 #6FAE40 #40A6AE #7F40AE

square

#AE4840 #6FAE40 #40A6AE #7F40AE

split-complementary

#AE4840 #40AE7F #406FAE

monochromatic

#55231F #813530 #AE4840 #C66C65 #D79792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#AE4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4840

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4840	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.135 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f75',
    500: '#ae4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4840;
$custom-light: #cc7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53506,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4840

secondary

#88BEC2

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4840

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

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