#AE4E45#AE4E45

#AE4E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.128 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E45
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 38.54, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 45.63, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1133 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.128 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2560, 14.8797, 7.3818)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E45 #45A5AE

analogous

#AE4570 #AE4E45 #AE8345

triadic

#AE4E45 #45AE4E #4E45AE

tetradic

#AE4E45 #70AE45 #45A5AE #8345AE

square

#AE4E45 #70AE45 #45A5AE #8345AE

split-complementary

#AE4E45 #45AE83 #4570AE

monochromatic

#562722 #823A34 #AE4E45 #C5736C #D69D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#AE4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E45

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E45	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.128 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8278',
    500: '#ae4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e45;
$custom-light: #cb8278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54461,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E45

secondary

#8DBDC2

accent

#C8D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E45

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

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