#AE4844#AE4844

#AE4844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.135 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4844
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 68)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 41.44, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 47.66, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1222 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.135 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8182, 14.0534, 7.0840)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4844 #44AAAE

analogous

#AE4475 #AE4844 #AE7D44

triadic

#AE4844 #44AE48 #4844AE

tetradic

#AE4844 #75AE44 #44AAAE #7D44AE

square

#AE4844 #75AE44 #44AAAE #7D44AE

split-complementary

#AE4844 #44AE7D #4475AE

monochromatic

#562422 #823633 #AE4844 #C56E6A #D69996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4844

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4844	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)

#615B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.135 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f78',
    500: '#ae4844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4844;
$custom-light: #cc7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53579,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4844

secondary

#8CC0C2

accent

#CFD454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4844

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

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