#AE4C43#AE4C43

#AE4C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.130 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C43
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 67)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 39.40, 25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 46.71, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1156 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.13 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0550, 14.5754, 7.0137)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C43 #43A5AE

analogous

#AE436F #AE4C43 #AE8243

triadic

#AE4C43 #43AE4C #4C43AE

tetradic

#AE4C43 #6FAE43 #43A5AE #8243AE

square

#AE4C43 #6FAE43 #43A5AE #8243AE

split-complementary

#AE4C43 #43AE82 #436FAE

monochromatic

#562521 #823932 #AE4C43 #C57169 #D69B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#AE4C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE4C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C43

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C43	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.130 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8177',
    500: '#ae4c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c43;
$custom-light: #cc8177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.047,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54131,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C43

secondary

#8BBDC2

accent

#C9D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C43

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

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