#AE4A50#AE4A50

#AE4A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.131 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A50
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 41.41, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 44.80, 22.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.124 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.131 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3540, 14.4780, 9.2579)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A50 #4AAEA8

analogous

#AE4A82 #AE4A50 #AE764A

triadic

#AE4A50 #50AE4A #4A50AE

tetradic

#AE4A50 #82AE4A #4AAEA8 #764AAE

square

#AE4A50 #82AE4A #4AAEA8 #764AAE

split-complementary

#AE4A50 #4AAE76 #4A82AE

monochromatic

#582529 #83383C #AE4A50 #C37277 #D59DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AE4A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AE4A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A50

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A50	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.131 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8081',
    500: '#ae4a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a50;
$custom-light: #cb8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54107,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A50

secondary

#92C2BF

accent

#D0C958

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A50

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

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