#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
RGBrgb(174, 72, 64)
HSLhsl(4, 46%, 47%)
HSVhsv(4, 63%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.6%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(44.24, 41.16, 25.85)
CIE-LCHlch(44.24, 48.61, 32.13°)
OKLaboklab(53.51% 0.1206 0.0616)
OKLCHoklch(53.51% 0.135 27.1)
XYZxyz(20.7002, 14.0062, 6.4629)
Luminance0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE48401.005.533.805.53
#FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00
#0000003.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00

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

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#AE4840 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva