#AE4D46#AE4D46

#AE4D46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.129 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D46
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 70)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.29, 39.12, 23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.29, 45.69, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1153 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.129 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2168, 14.7512, 7.5231)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D46 #46A7AE

analogous

#AE4673 #AE4D46 #AE8146

triadic

#AE4D46 #46AE4D #4D46AE

tetradic

#AE4D46 #73AE46 #46A7AE #8146AE

square

#AE4D46 #73AE46 #46A7AE #8146AE

split-complementary

#AE4D46 #46AE81 #4673AE

monochromatic

#572623 #823A34 #AE4D46 #C4736D #D69D99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#AE4D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AE4D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D46

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D46	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.129 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8279',
    500: '#ae4d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d46;
$custom-light: #cb8279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.038,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54332,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D46

secondary

#8EBEC2

accent

#CAD255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D46

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

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