#AE4C3C#AE4C3C

#AE4C3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.132 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C3C
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 38.93, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 48.58, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1129 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.132 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8575, 14.4964, 5.9738)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C3C #3C9EAE

analogous

#AE3C65 #AE4C3C #AE853C

triadic

#AE4C3C #3CAE4C #4C3CAE

tetradic

#AE4C3C #65AE3C #3C9EAE #853CAE

square

#AE4C3C #65AE3C #3C9EAE #853CAE

split-complementary

#AE4C3C #3CAE85 #3C65AE

monochromatic

#53241D #80382C #AE4C3C #C86E5F #D8978D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AE4C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AE4C3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C3C

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C3C	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.132 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8172',
    500: '#ae4c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c3c;
$custom-light: #cc8172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.421,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54011,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C3C

secondary

#83B9C2

accent

#C5D850

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C3C

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

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