#AE4B38#AE4B38

#AE4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.134 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B38
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 39.18, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 50.01, 38.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1129 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.134 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6874, 14.3190, 5.4151)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B38 #389BAE

analogous

#AE3860 #AE4B38 #AE8638

triadic

#AE4B38 #38AE4B #4B38AE

tetradic

#AE4B38 #60AE38 #389BAE #8638AE

square

#AE4B38 #60AE38 #389BAE #8638AE

split-complementary

#AE4B38 #38AE86 #3860AE

monochromatic

#51231A #803729 #AE4B38 #CA6C59 #D99588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B38

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B38	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.134 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc806f',
    500: '#ae4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b38;
$custom-light: #cc806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.661,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53804,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B38

secondary

#7FB8C3

accent

#C4DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B38

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

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