#AE4A35#AE4A35

#AE4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.136 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A35
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 39.51, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 51.18, 39.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1133 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.136 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5489, 14.1559, 5.0178)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A35 #3599AE

analogous

#AE355D #AE4A35 #AE8735

triadic

#AE4A35 #35AE4A #4A35AE

tetradic

#AE4A35 #5DAE35 #3599AE #8735AE

square

#AE4A35 #5DAE35 #3599AE #8735AE

split-complementary

#AE4A35 #35AE87 #355DAE

monochromatic

#502218 #7F3627 #AE4A35 #CB6A55 #DA9384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A35

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A35	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)

#655C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.136 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd806d',
    500: '#ae4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a35;
$custom-light: #cd806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.413,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53616,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A35

secondary

#7CB7C3

accent

#C3DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A35

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

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