#AE4E35#AE4E35

#AE4E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.132 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E35
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 37.50, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 50.24, 41.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1071 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.132 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8245, 14.7071, 5.1096)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E35 #3595AE

analogous

#AE3558 #AE4E35 #AE8B35

triadic

#AE4E35 #35AE4E #4E35AE

tetradic

#AE4E35 #58AE35 #3595AE #8B35AE

square

#AE4E35 #58AE35 #3595AE #8B35AE

split-complementary

#AE4E35 #35AE8B #3558AE

monochromatic

#502418 #7F3927 #AE4E35 #CB6D55 #DA9684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#AE4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AE4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E35

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E35	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.132 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc826d',
    500: '#ae4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e35;
$custom-light: #cc826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54203,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E35

secondary

#7CB4C3

accent

#BFDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E35

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

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