#AE4A49#AE4A49

#AE4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.132 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A49
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 40.84, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 45.98, 27.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1211 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.132 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1087, 14.3799, 7.9660)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A49 #49ADAE

analogous

#AE497A #AE4A49 #AE7C49

triadic

#AE4A49 #49AE4A #4A49AE

tetradic

#AE4A49 #7AAE49 #49ADAE #7C49AE

square

#AE4A49 #7AAE49 #49ADAE #7C49AE

split-complementary

#AE4A49 #49AE7C #497AAE

monochromatic

#582525 #833837 #AE4A49 #C37271 #D59D9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#AE4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AE4A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A49

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A49	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.132 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb807b',
    500: '#ae4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a49;
$custom-light: #cb807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.594,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53958,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A49

secondary

#91C1C2

accent

#D0D157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A49

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

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