#AE4B32#AE4B32

#AE4B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.136 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B32
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 50)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 38.85, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 51.89, 41.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1107 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.136 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5494, 14.2638, 4.6881)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B32 #3295AE

analogous

#AE3257 #AE4B32 #AE8932

triadic

#AE4B32 #32AE4B #4B32AE

tetradic

#AE4B32 #57AE32 #3295AE #8932AE

square

#AE4B32 #57AE32 #3295AE #8932AE

split-complementary

#AE4B32 #32AE89 #3257AE

monochromatic

#4F2217 #7E3724 #AE4B32 #CD6950 #DA9280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE4B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE4B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B32

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B32	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.136 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd806b',
    500: '#ae4b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b32;
$custom-light: #cd806b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.097,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53719,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B32

secondary

#78B4C4

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B32

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

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