#AE3438#AE3438

#AE3438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3438
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 49.54, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 56.13, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.1454 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.158 23)
XYZ	xyz(19.3994, 11.7430, 4.9857)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3438 #34AEAA

analogous

#AE3475 #AE3438 #AE6D34

triadic

#AE3438 #38AE34 #3438AE

tetradic

#AE3438 #75AE34 #34AEAA #6D34AE

square

#AE3438 #75AE34 #34AEAA #6D34AE

split-complementary

#AE3438 #34AE6D #3475AE

monochromatic

#50181A #7F2629 #AE3438 #CC5357 #DA8385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#AE3438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AE3438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3438

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3438	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)

#565037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd746e',
    500: '#ae3438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3438;
$custom-light: #cd746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.033,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50884,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.1174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3438

secondary

#7BC3C1

accent

#DDD94A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3438

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

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