#AE4943#AE4943

#AE4943 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.134 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4943
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 67)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 40.88, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 47.59, 30.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1203 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.134 26)
XYZ	xyz(20.8531, 14.1716, 6.9464)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4943 #43A8AE

analogous

#AE4373 #AE4943 #AE7E43

triadic

#AE4943 #43AE49 #4943AE

tetradic

#AE4943 #73AE43 #43A8AE #7E43AE

square

#AE4943 #73AE43 #43A8AE #7E43AE

split-complementary

#AE4943 #43AE7E #4373AE

monochromatic

#562421 #823632 #AE4943 #C56E69 #D69995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4943 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4943

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4943	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.134 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f77',
    500: '#ae4943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4943;
$custom-light: #cc7f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.364,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53701,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.14169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4943

secondary

#8BBFC2

accent

#CDD454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4943

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

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