#AE4A44#AE4A44

#AE4A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.132 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A44
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 68)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 40.46, 24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 47.06, 30.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1191 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.132 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9496, 14.3162, 7.1278)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A44 #44A8AE

analogous

#AE4473 #AE4A44 #AE7F44

triadic

#AE4A44 #44AE4A #4A44AE

tetradic

#AE4A44 #73AE44 #44A8AE #7F44AE

square

#AE4A44 #73AE44 #44A8AE #7F44AE

split-complementary

#AE4A44 #44AE7F #4473AE

monochromatic

#562522 #823733 #AE4A44 #C56F6A #D69A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE4A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A44

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A44	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.132 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8078',
    500: '#ae4a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a44;
$custom-light: #cc8078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53861,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A44

secondary

#8CBFC2

accent

#CCD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A44

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

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