#AE5043#AE5043

#AE5043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.126 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5043
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 37.38, 26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 45.57, 34.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1093 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.126 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3392, 15.1438, 7.1084)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5043 #43A1AE

analogous

#AE436B #AE5043 #AE8643

triadic

#AE5043 #43AE50 #5043AE

tetradic

#AE5043 #6BAE43 #43A1AE #8643AE

square

#AE5043 #6BAE43 #43A1AE #8643AE

split-complementary

#AE5043 #43AE86 #436BAE

monochromatic

#562721 #823C32 #AE5043 #C57469 #D69D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#AE5043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#AE5043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5043

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5043	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.126 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8477',
    500: '#ae5043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5043;
$custom-light: #cb8477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.29,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54724,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5043

secondary

#8BBBC2

accent

#C5D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5043

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

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