#AE4A2A#AE4A2A

#AE4A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.139 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A2A
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 38.96, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 54.74, 44.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1096 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.139 38)
XYZ	xyz(20.3243, 14.0661, 3.8348)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A2A #2A8EAE

analogous

#AE2A4C #AE4A2A #AE8C2A

triadic

#AE4A2A #2AAE4A #4A2AAE

tetradic

#AE4A2A #4CAE2A #2A8EAE #8C2AAE

square

#AE4A2A #4CAE2A #2A8EAE #8C2AAE

split-complementary

#AE4A2A #2AAE8C #2A4CAE

monochromatic

#4B2012 #7D351E #AE4A2A #D26643 #DE8E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A2A

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A2A	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)

#665B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.139 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8065',
    500: '#ae4a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a2a;
$custom-light: #cd8065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53478,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.14063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A2A

secondary

#6FB0C5

accent

#BDE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →