#AE5145#AE5145

#AE5145 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.124 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5145
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 37.01, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 44.77, 34.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1085 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.124 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4740, 15.3157, 7.4545)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5145 #45A2AE

analogous

#AE456E #AE5145 #AE8545

triadic

#AE5145 #45AE51 #5145AE

tetradic

#AE5145 #6EAE45 #45A2AE #8545AE

square

#AE5145 #6EAE45 #45A2AE #8545AE

split-complementary

#AE5145 #45AE85 #456EAE

monochromatic

#562822 #823D34 #AE5145 #C5766C #D69F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AE5145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AE5145 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5145

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5145	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.124 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8479',
    500: '#ae5145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5145;
$custom-light: #cb8479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54912,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5145

secondary

#8DBCC2

accent

#C5D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5145

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

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