#AE4B48#AE4B48

#AE4B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.131 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B48
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 40.27, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 45.87, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1192 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.131 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1431, 14.5013, 7.8153)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B48 #48ABAE

analogous

#AE4878 #AE4B48 #AE7E48

triadic

#AE4B48 #48AE4B #4B48AE

tetradic

#AE4B48 #78AE48 #48ABAE #7E48AE

square

#AE4B48 #78AE48 #48ABAE #7E48AE

split-complementary

#AE4B48 #48AE7E #4878AE

monochromatic

#572624 #833836 #AE4B48 #C47270 #D69D9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AE4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AE4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B48

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B48	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)

#635D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.131 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb817b',
    500: '#ae4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b48;
$custom-light: #cb817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54081,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B48

secondary

#90C0C2

accent

#CED157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B48

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

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