#AE4E47#AE4E47

#AE4E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E47
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 71)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 59.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 38.69, 23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 45.16, 31.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1141 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.127 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3191, 14.9049, 7.7143)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E47 #47A7AE

analogous

#AE4773 #AE4E47 #AE8247

triadic

#AE4E47 #47AE4E #4E47AE

tetradic

#AE4E47 #73AE47 #47A7AE #8247AE

square

#AE4E47 #73AE47 #47A7AE #8247AE

split-complementary

#AE4E47 #47AE82 #4773AE

monochromatic

#572724 #833B35 #AE4E47 #C4746E #D69E9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#AE4E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E47

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E47	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)

#665F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb827a',
    500: '#ae4e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e47;
$custom-light: #cb827a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.078,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54498,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E47

secondary

#8FBEC2

accent

#C9D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E47

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

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