#AE4E4E#AE4E4E

#AE4E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.126 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E4E
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 39.25, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 43.72, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1169 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.126 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5568, 15.0000, 8.9663)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E4E #4EAEAE

analogous

#AE4E7E #AE4E4E #AE7E4E

triadic

#AE4E4E #4EAE4E #4E4EAE

tetradic

#AE4E4E #7EAE4E #4EAEAE #7E4EAE

square

#AE4E4E #7EAE4E #4EAEAE #7E4EAE

split-complementary

#AE4E4E #4EAE7E #4E7EAE

monochromatic

#592828 #843B3B #AE4E4E #C27777 #D5A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#AE4E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AE4E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E4E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E4E	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)

#65604D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.126 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb837f',
    500: '#ae4e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e4e;
$custom-light: #cb837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54639,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E4E

secondary

#96C2C2

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E4E

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

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