#AE4E41#AE4E41

#AE4E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.129 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E41
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 38.26, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 46.66, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1117 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.129 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1360, 14.8317, 6.7498)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E41 #41A1AE

analogous

#AE416B #AE4E41 #AE8541

triadic

#AE4E41 #41AE4E #4E41AE

tetradic

#AE4E41 #6BAE41 #41A1AE #8541AE

square

#AE4E41 #6BAE41 #41A1AE #8541AE

split-complementary

#AE4E41 #41AE85 #416BAE

monochromatic

#552620 #813A30 #AE4E41 #C67266 #D79B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#AE4E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#AE4E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E41

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E41	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.129 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8276',
    500: '#ae4e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e41;
$custom-light: #cc8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.156,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54389,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E41

secondary

#89BBC2

accent

#C6D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E41

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

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