#AE3340#AE3340

#AE3340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3340
RGB	rgb(174, 51, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 50.41, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 54.79, 23.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1498 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.158 19)
XYZ	xyz(19.5668, 11.7393, 6.0851)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3340 #33AEA1

analogous

#AE337E #AE3340 #AE6433

triadic

#AE3340 #40AE33 #3340AE

tetradic

#AE3340 #7EAE33 #33AEA1 #6433AE

square

#AE3340 #7EAE33 #33AEA1 #6433AE

split-complementary

#AE3340 #33AE64 #337EAE

monochromatic

#4F171D #7F252F #AE3340 #CC525F #DA818B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#AE3340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AE3340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3340

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3340	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 51, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7374',
    500: '#ae3340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3340;
$custom-light: #cd7374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.659,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50923,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.11736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3340

secondary

#79C3BC

accent

#DECE4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3340

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

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