#AE4A40#AE4A40

#AE4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.133 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A40
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 40.18, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 48.04, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1175 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.133 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8317, 14.2690, 6.5067)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A40 #40A4AE

analogous

#AE406D #AE4A40 #AE8140

triadic

#AE4A40 #40AE4A #4A40AE

tetradic

#AE4A40 #6DAE40 #40A4AE #8140AE

square

#AE4A40 #6DAE40 #40A4AE #8140AE

split-complementary

#AE4A40 #40AE81 #406DAE

monochromatic

#55241F #813730 #AE4A40 #C66E65 #D79892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A40

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A40	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.133 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8075',
    500: '#ae4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a40;
$custom-light: #cc8075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53789,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A40

secondary

#88BDC2

accent

#CAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A40

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

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