#AE4841#AE4841

#AE4841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.135 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4841
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 41.23, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 48.36, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.121 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.135 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7290, 14.0177, 6.6141)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4841 #41A7AE

analogous

#AE4171 #AE4841 #AE7F41

triadic

#AE4841 #41AE48 #4841AE

tetradic

#AE4841 #71AE41 #41A7AE #7F41AE

square

#AE4841 #71AE41 #41A7AE #7F41AE

split-complementary

#AE4841 #41AE7F #4171AE

monochromatic

#552320 #813630 #AE4841 #C66C66 #D79793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4841

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4841	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.135 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f75',
    500: '#ae4841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4841;
$custom-light: #cc7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.853,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53524,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4841

secondary

#89BEC2

accent

#CDD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4841

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

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