#AE4E43#AE4E43

#AE4E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.128 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E43
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 38.40, 25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 46.13, 33.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1125 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.128 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1949, 14.8553, 7.0603)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E43 #43A3AE

analogous

#AE436E #AE4E43 #AE8343

triadic

#AE4E43 #43AE4E #4E43AE

tetradic

#AE4E43 #6EAE43 #43A3AE #8343AE

square

#AE4E43 #6EAE43 #43A3AE #8343AE

split-complementary

#AE4E43 #43AE83 #436EAE

monochromatic

#562621 #823A32 #AE4E43 #C57269 #D69C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#AE4E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#AE4E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E43

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E43	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.128 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8277',
    500: '#ae4e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e43;
$custom-light: #cc8277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.168,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54424,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E43

secondary

#8BBCC2

accent

#C7D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E43

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

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