#AE3436#AE3436

#AE3436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3436
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 49.43, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 56.60, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1447 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.158 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3515, 11.7238, 4.7333)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3436 #34AEAC

analogous

#AE3473 #AE3436 #AE6F34

triadic

#AE3436 #36AE34 #3436AE

tetradic

#AE3436 #73AE34 #34AEAC #6F34AE

square

#AE3436 #73AE34 #34AEAC #6F34AE

split-complementary

#AE3436 #34AE6F #3473AE

monochromatic

#501819 #7F2627 #AE3436 #CC5355 #DA8384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#AE3436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3436

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3436	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce736d',
    500: '#ae3436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3436;
$custom-light: #ce736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50851,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3436

secondary

#7BC3C2

accent

#DDDB4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3436

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

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