#AE3137#AE3137

#AE3137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.161 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3137
RGB	rgb(174, 49, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 50.64, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 57.14, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1487 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.161 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2455, 11.4740, 4.8150)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3137 #31AEA8

analogous

#AE3175 #AE3137 #AE6931

triadic

#AE3137 #37AE31 #3137AE

tetradic

#AE3137 #75AE31 #31AEA8 #6931AE

square

#AE3137 #75AE31 #31AEA8 #6931AE

split-complementary

#AE3137 #31AE69 #3175AE

monochromatic

#4E1619 #7E2428 #AE3137 #CD4F55 #DB7F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#AE3137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AE3137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3137

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3137	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 49, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.161 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce726e',
    500: '#ae3137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3137;
$custom-light: #ce726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50552,
    "c": 0.16108,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3137

secondary

#77C4C0

accent

#DFD848

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3137

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

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