#AE4E37#AE4E37

#AE4E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.131 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E37
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 37.62, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 49.60, 40.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1079 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.131 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8715, 14.7259, 5.3570)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E37 #3797AE

analogous

#AE375B #AE4E37 #AE8A37

triadic

#AE4E37 #37AE4E #4E37AE

tetradic

#AE4E37 #5BAE37 #3797AE #8A37AE

square

#AE4E37 #5BAE37 #3797AE #8A37AE

split-complementary

#AE4E37 #37AE8A #375BAE

monochromatic

#51241A #7F3928 #AE4E37 #CA6E58 #D99686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#AE4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AE4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E37

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E37	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.131 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc826e',
    500: '#ae4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e37;
$custom-light: #cc826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.597,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54231,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E37

secondary

#7EB6C3

accent

#C0DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E37

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

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