#AE4D4E#AE4D4E

#AE4D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D4E
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(359, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 39.76, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 44.06, 25.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1185 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.127 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4863, 14.8590, 8.9428)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D4E #4DAEAD

analogous

#AE4D7F #AE4D4E #AE7D4D

triadic

#AE4D4E #4EAE4D #4D4EAE

tetradic

#AE4D4E #7FAE4D #4DAEAD #7D4DAE

square

#AE4D4E #7FAE4D #4DAEAD #7D4DAE

split-complementary

#AE4D4E #4DAE7D #4D7FAE

monochromatic

#592728 #843A3B #AE4D4E #C27677 #D5A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#AE4D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#AE4D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D4E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D4E	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb827f',
    500: '#ae4d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d4e;
$custom-light: #cb827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.381,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54493,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D4E

secondary

#95C2C2

accent

#CFCD59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D4E

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

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