#AE4A45#AE4A45

#AE4A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.132 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A45
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 40.54, 23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 46.83, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1195 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.132 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9804, 14.3285, 7.2899)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A45 #45A9AE

analogous

#AE4575 #AE4A45 #AE7E45

triadic

#AE4A45 #45AE4A #4A45AE

tetradic

#AE4A45 #75AE45 #45A9AE #7E45AE

square

#AE4A45 #75AE45 #45A9AE #7E45AE

split-complementary

#AE4A45 #45AE7E #4575AE

monochromatic

#562522 #823734 #AE4A45 #C5706C #D69A97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AE4A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AE4A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A45

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A45	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.132 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8078',
    500: '#ae4a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a45;
$custom-light: #cc8078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A45

secondary

#8DBFC2

accent

#CDD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A45

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

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