#AE4D48#AE4D48

#AE4D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.128 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D48
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 39.27, 22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 45.24, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1161 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.128 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2809, 14.7769, 7.8612)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D48 #48A9AE

analogous

#AE4876 #AE4D48 #AE8048

triadic

#AE4D48 #48AE4D #4D48AE

tetradic

#AE4D48 #76AE48 #48A9AE #8048AE

square

#AE4D48 #76AE48 #48A9AE #8048AE

split-complementary

#AE4D48 #48AE80 #4876AE

monochromatic

#572724 #833A36 #AE4D48 #C47470 #D69E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#AE4D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AE4D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D48

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D48	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.128 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb827b',
    500: '#ae4d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d48;
$custom-light: #cb827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.941,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5437,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D48

secondary

#90BFC2

accent

#CBD157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D48

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

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