#AE4E39#AE4E39

#AE4E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.131 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E39
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.28, 37.74, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.28, 48.98, 39.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1086 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.131 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9204, 14.7455, 5.6146)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E39 #3999AE

analogous

#AE395F #AE4E39 #AE8839

triadic

#AE4E39 #39AE4E #4E39AE

tetradic

#AE4E39 #5FAE39 #3999AE #8839AE

square

#AE4E39 #5FAE39 #3999AE #8839AE

split-complementary

#AE4E39 #39AE88 #395FAE

monochromatic

#52251B #80392A #AE4E39 #C96F5B #D89789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#AE4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AE4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E39

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E39	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.131 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8270',
    500: '#ae4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e39;
$custom-light: #cc8270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5426,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E39

secondary

#80B7C3

accent

#C1DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E39

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

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