#AE4E48#AE4E48

#AE4E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E48
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 38.77, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 44.93, 30.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.1145 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.127 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3514, 14.9179, 7.8847)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E48 #48A8AE

analogous

#AE4875 #AE4E48 #AE8148

triadic

#AE4E48 #48AE4E #4E48AE

tetradic

#AE4E48 #75AE48 #48A8AE #8148AE

square

#AE4E48 #75AE48 #48A8AE #8148AE

split-complementary

#AE4E48 #48AE81 #4875AE

monochromatic

#572724 #833B36 #AE4E48 #C47570 #D69E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E48

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E48	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb827b',
    500: '#ae4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e48;
$custom-light: #cb827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54518,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E48

secondary

#90BFC2

accent

#CAD157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E48

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

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