#AE4A52#AE4A52

#AE4A52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.131 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A52
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 82)
HSL	hsl(355, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 41.59, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 44.53, 20.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1248 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.131 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4290, 14.5080, 9.6529)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A52 #4AAEA6

analogous

#AE4A84 #AE4A52 #AE744A

triadic

#AE4A52 #52AE4A #4A52AE

tetradic

#AE4A52 #84AE4A #4AAEA6 #744AAE

square

#AE4A52 #84AE4A #4AAEA6 #744AAE

split-complementary

#AE4A52 #4AAE74 #4A84AE

monochromatic

#58252A #83383E #AE4A52 #C37279 #D59DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AE4A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AE4A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A52

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A52	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.131 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8082',
    500: '#ae4a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a52;
$custom-light: #cb8082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54152,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A52

secondary

#92C2BE

accent

#D0C758

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A52

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

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