#AE4A30#AE4A30

#AE4A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.137 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A30
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 48)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.39, 39.24, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.39, 52.76, 41.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1116 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.137 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4399, 14.1123, 4.4433)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A30 #3094AE

analogous

#AE3055 #AE4A30 #AE8930

triadic

#AE4A30 #30AE4A #4A30AE

tetradic

#AE4A30 #55AE30 #3094AE #8930AE

square

#AE4A30 #55AE30 #3094AE #8930AE

split-complementary

#AE4A30 #30AE89 #3055AE

monochromatic

#4E2116 #7E3623 #AE4A30 #CE684D #DB917D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#AE4A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#AE4A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A30

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A30	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.137 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8069',
    500: '#ae4a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a30;
$custom-light: #cd8069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53549,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A30

secondary

#76B4C4

accent

#C1E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A30

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

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