#AE4E40#AE4E40

#AE4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.129 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E40
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 38.19, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 46.93, 35.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1113 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.129 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1072, 14.8202, 6.5986)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E40 #40A0AE

analogous

#AE4069 #AE4E40 #AE8540

triadic

#AE4E40 #40AE4E #4E40AE

tetradic

#AE4E40 #69AE40 #40A0AE #8540AE

square

#AE4E40 #69AE40 #40A0AE #8540AE

split-complementary

#AE4E40 #40AE85 #4069AE

monochromatic

#55261F #813A30 #AE4E40 #C67165 #D79A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#AE4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#AE4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E40

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E40	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)

#665F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.129 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8275',
    500: '#ae4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e40;
$custom-light: #cc8275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54372,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E40

secondary

#88BBC2

accent

#C5D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E40

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

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