#AE4E36#AE4E36

#AE4E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.132 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E36
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 37.56, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 49.92, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1075 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.132 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8478, 14.7164, 5.2320)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E36 #3696AE

analogous

#AE365A #AE4E36 #AE8A36

triadic

#AE4E36 #36AE4E #4E36AE

tetradic

#AE4E36 #5AAE36 #3696AE #8A36AE

square

#AE4E36 #5AAE36 #3696AE #8A36AE

split-complementary

#AE4E36 #36AE8A #365AAE

monochromatic

#512419 #7F3928 #AE4E36 #CB6E56 #D99685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#AE4E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AE4E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E36

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E36	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)

#685E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.132 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc826e',
    500: '#ae4e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e36;
$custom-light: #cc826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54217,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E36

secondary

#7DB5C3

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E36

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

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