#AE3437#AE3437

#AE3437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3437
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 49.48, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 56.36, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.145 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.158 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3752, 11.7333, 4.8582)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3437 #34AEAB

analogous

#AE3474 #AE3437 #AE6E34

triadic

#AE3437 #37AE34 #3437AE

tetradic

#AE3437 #74AE34 #34AEAB #6E34AE

square

#AE3437 #74AE34 #34AEAB #6E34AE

split-complementary

#AE3437 #34AE6E #3474AE

monochromatic

#501819 #7F2628 #AE3437 #CC5356 #DA8385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#AE3437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AE3437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3437

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3437	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce736e',
    500: '#ae3437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3437;
$custom-light: #ce736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.525,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50867,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3437

secondary

#7BC3C1

accent

#DDDA4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3437

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →