#AE4E3C#AE4E3C

#AE4E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.130 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E3C
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 37.92, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 48.07, 37.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1098 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.13 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9975, 14.7763, 6.0205)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E3C #3C9CAE

analogous

#AE3C63 #AE4E3C #AE873C

triadic

#AE4E3C #3CAE4E #4E3CAE

tetradic

#AE4E3C #63AE3C #3C9CAE #873CAE

square

#AE4E3C #63AE3C #3C9CAE #873CAE

split-complementary

#AE4E3C #3CAE87 #3C63AE

monochromatic

#53251D #803A2C #AE4E3C #C8705F #D8998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#AE4E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AE4E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E3C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E3C	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.130 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8272',
    500: '#ae4e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e3c;
$custom-light: #cc8272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54307,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E3C

secondary

#83B8C2

accent

#C3D850

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E3C

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

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