#AE4E30#AE4E30

#AE4E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.133 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E30
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 48)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 37.24, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 51.89, 44.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.1054 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.133 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7155, 14.6635, 4.5352)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E30 #3090AE

analogous

#AE3051 #AE4E30 #AE8D30

triadic

#AE4E30 #30AE4E #4E30AE

tetradic

#AE4E30 #51AE30 #3090AE #8D30AE

square

#AE4E30 #51AE30 #3090AE #8D30AE

split-complementary

#AE4E30 #30AE8D #3051AE

monochromatic

#4E2316 #7E3823 #AE4E30 #CE6C4D #DB947D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#AE4E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AE4E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E30

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E30	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.133 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8269',
    500: '#ae4e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e30;
$custom-light: #cd8269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54138,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E30

secondary

#76B1C4

accent

#BCE048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E30

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

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