#AE4B49#AE4B49

#AE4B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.130 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B49
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 40.35, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 45.66, 27.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1196 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.13 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1760, 14.5144, 7.9885)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B49 #49ACAE

analogous

#AE4979 #AE4B49 #AE7D49

triadic

#AE4B49 #49AE4B #4B49AE

tetradic

#AE4B49 #79AE49 #49ACAE #7D49AE

square

#AE4B49 #79AE49 #49ACAE #7D49AE

split-complementary

#AE4B49 #49AE7D #4979AE

monochromatic

#582625 #833837 #AE4B49 #C37271 #D59D9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AE4B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AE4B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B49

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B49	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)

#635D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.130 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb817b',
    500: '#ae4b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b49;
$custom-light: #cb817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.541,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B49

secondary

#91C1C2

accent

#CED157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B49

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

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