#AE4E49#AE4E49

#AE4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.127 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E49
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 38.85, 22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 44.71, 29.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1149 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.127 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3843, 14.9310, 8.0579)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E49 #49A9AE

analogous

#AE4976 #AE4E49 #AE8049

triadic

#AE4E49 #49AE4E #4E49AE

tetradic

#AE4E49 #76AE49 #49A9AE #8049AE

square

#AE4E49 #76AE49 #49A9AE #8049AE

split-complementary

#AE4E49 #49AE80 #4976AE

monochromatic

#582725 #833B37 #AE4E49 #C37571 #D59F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AE4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E49

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E49	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.127 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb827b',
    500: '#ae4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e49;
$custom-light: #cb827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.97,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54537,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E49

secondary

#91BFC2

accent

#CBD157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E49

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

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