#AE4E32#AE4E32

#AE4E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.133 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E32
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 37.34, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 51.22, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1061 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.133 37)
XYZ	xyz(20.7577, 14.6804, 4.7575)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E32 #3292AE

analogous

#AE3254 #AE4E32 #AE8C32

triadic

#AE4E32 #32AE4E #4E32AE

tetradic

#AE4E32 #54AE32 #3292AE #8C32AE

square

#AE4E32 #54AE32 #3292AE #8C32AE

split-complementary

#AE4E32 #32AE8C #3254AE

monochromatic

#4F2317 #7E3924 #AE4E32 #CD6C50 #DA9480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#AE4E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AE4E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E32

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E32	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.133 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd826b',
    500: '#ae4e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e32;
$custom-light: #cd826b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54163,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.14678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E32

secondary

#78B3C4

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E32

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

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