#AE4A36#AE4A36

#AE4A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.136 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A36
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 39.56, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 50.87, 38.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1137 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.136 33)
XYZ	xyz(20.5722, 14.1652, 5.1402)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A36 #369AAE

analogous

#AE365E #AE4A36 #AE8636

triadic

#AE4A36 #36AE4A #4A36AE

tetradic

#AE4A36 #5EAE36 #369AAE #8636AE

square

#AE4A36 #5EAE36 #369AAE #8636AE

split-complementary

#AE4A36 #36AE86 #365EAE

monochromatic

#512219 #7F3628 #AE4A36 #CB6A56 #D99385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A36

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A36	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)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.136 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd806e',
    500: '#ae4a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a36;
$custom-light: #cd806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5363,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.14163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A36

secondary

#7DB7C3

accent

#C4DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A36

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

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