#AE4D37#AE4D37

#AE4D37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.132 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D37
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 38.12, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 49.84, 40.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1094 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.132 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8010, 14.5849, 5.3335)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D37 #3798AE

analogous

#AE375D #AE4D37 #AE8837

triadic

#AE4D37 #37AE4D #4D37AE

tetradic

#AE4D37 #5DAE37 #3798AE #8837AE

square

#AE4D37 #5DAE37 #3798AE #8837AE

split-complementary

#AE4D37 #37AE88 #375DAE

monochromatic

#51241A #7F3828 #AE4D37 #CA6D58 #D99686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#AE4D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AE4D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D37

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D37	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.132 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc826e',
    500: '#ae4d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d37;
$custom-light: #cc826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.092,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54082,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D37

secondary

#7EB6C3

accent

#C1DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D37

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

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