#AE4E46#AE4E46

#AE4E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E46
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 70)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 38.62, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 45.39, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1137 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.127 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2873, 14.8922, 7.5466)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E46 #46A6AE

analogous

#AE4672 #AE4E46 #AE8246

triadic

#AE4E46 #46AE4E #4E46AE

tetradic

#AE4E46 #72AE46 #46A6AE #8246AE

square

#AE4E46 #72AE46 #46A6AE #8246AE

split-complementary

#AE4E46 #46AE82 #4672AE

monochromatic

#572723 #823A34 #AE4E46 #C4746D #D69D99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#AE4E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E46

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E46	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)

#665F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8279',
    500: '#ae4e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e46;
$custom-light: #cb8279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54479,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E46

secondary

#8EBEC2

accent

#C9D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E46

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

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