#AE4E4D#AE4E4D

#AE4E4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.126 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E4D
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 77)
HSL	hsl(1, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 39.17, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 43.90, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1165 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.126 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5212, 14.9858, 8.7790)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E4D #4DADAE

analogous

#AE4D7D #AE4E4D #AE7F4D

triadic

#AE4E4D #4DAE4E #4E4DAE

tetradic

#AE4E4D #7DAE4D #4DADAE #7F4DAE

square

#AE4E4D #7DAE4D #4DADAE #7F4DAE

split-complementary

#AE4E4D #4DAE7F #4D7DAE

monochromatic

#592827 #843B3A #AE4E4D #C27776 #D5A1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#AE4E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AE4E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E4D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E4D	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.126 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb837e',
    500: '#ae4e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e4d;
$custom-light: #cb837e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.619,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54618,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E4D

secondary

#95C2C2

accent

#CDCF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E4D

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

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