#AE4D32#AE4D32

#AE4D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.134 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D32
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 50)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 37.85, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 51.44, 42.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1076 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.134 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6872, 14.5394, 4.7340)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D32 #3293AE

analogous

#AE3255 #AE4D32 #AE8B32

triadic

#AE4D32 #32AE4D #4D32AE

tetradic

#AE4D32 #55AE32 #3293AE #8B32AE

square

#AE4D32 #55AE32 #3293AE #8B32AE

split-complementary

#AE4D32 #32AE8B #3255AE

monochromatic

#4F2317 #7E3824 #AE4D32 #CD6B50 #DA9480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AE4D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE4D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D32

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D32	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.134 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd826b',
    500: '#ae4d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d32;
$custom-light: #cd826b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54014,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D32

secondary

#78B3C4

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D32

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

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