#AE4A2B#AE4A2B

#AE4A2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.139 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A2B
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 39.01, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 54.41, 44.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1099 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.139 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3425, 14.0733, 3.9303)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A2B #2B8FAE

analogous

#AE2B4E #AE4A2B #AE8B2B

triadic

#AE4A2B #2BAE4A #4A2BAE

tetradic

#AE4A2B #4EAE2B #2B8FAE #8B2BAE

square

#AE4A2B #4EAE2B #2B8FAE #8B2BAE

split-complementary

#AE4A2B #2BAE8B #2B4EAE

monochromatic

#4C2013 #7D351F #AE4A2B #D16645 #DD8F76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A2B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A2B	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)

#665B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.139 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8066',
    500: '#ae4a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a2b;
$custom-light: #cd8066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.198,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53489,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A2B

secondary

#70B1C5

accent

#BEE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A2B

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

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