#AE4843#AE4843

#AE4843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.135 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4843
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 41.37, 24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 47.89, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1218 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.135 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7879, 14.0413, 6.9247)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4843 #43A9AE

analogous

#AE4373 #AE4843 #AE7E43

triadic

#AE4843 #43AE48 #4843AE

tetradic

#AE4843 #73AE43 #43A9AE #7E43AE

square

#AE4843 #73AE43 #43A9AE #7E43AE

split-complementary

#AE4843 #43AE7E #4373AE

monochromatic

#562321 #823632 #AE4843 #C56D69 #D69895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4843

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4843	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)

#625B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.135 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f77',
    500: '#ae4843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4843;
$custom-light: #cc7f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.804,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5356,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4843

secondary

#8BBFC2

accent

#CED454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4843

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

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