#AE4E3E#AE4E3E

#AE4E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.129 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E3E
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 38.05, 28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 47.49, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1105 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.129 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0514, 14.7979, 6.3042)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E3E #3E9EAE

analogous

#AE3E66 #AE4E3E #AE863E

triadic

#AE4E3E #3EAE4E #4E3EAE

tetradic

#AE4E3E #66AE3E #3E9EAE #863EAE

square

#AE4E3E #66AE3E #3E9EAE #863EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E3E #3EAE86 #3E66AE

monochromatic

#54261E #813A2E #AE4E3E #C77162 #D79A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#AE4E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#AE4E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E3E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E3E	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.129 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8273',
    500: '#ae4e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e3e;
$custom-light: #cc8273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54339,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E3E

secondary

#86BAC2

accent

#C4D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E3E

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

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