#AE4D52#AE4D52

#AE4D52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.127 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D52
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 82)
HSL	hsl(357, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 40.10, 16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 43.44, 22.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.1201 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.127 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6341, 14.9181, 9.7212)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D52 #4DAEA9

analogous

#AE4D83 #AE4D52 #AE794D

triadic

#AE4D52 #52AE4D #4D52AE

tetradic

#AE4D52 #83AE4D #4DAEA9 #794DAE

square

#AE4D52 #83AE4D #4DAEA9 #794DAE

split-complementary

#AE4D52 #4DAE79 #4D83AE

monochromatic

#59272A #843A3E #AE4D52 #C2767A #D5A0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE4D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D52

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D52	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.127 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8282',
    500: '#ae4d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d52;
$custom-light: #cb8282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.907,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54581,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D52

secondary

#95C2C0

accent

#CFC959

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D52

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

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