#AE343B#AE343B

#AE343B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE343B
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 59)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 49.71, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 55.47, 26.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.1466 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.158 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4750, 11.7732, 5.3838)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE343B #34AEA7

analogous

#AE3478 #AE343B #AE6A34

triadic

#AE343B #3BAE34 #343BAE

tetradic

#AE343B #78AE34 #34AEA7 #6A34AE

square

#AE343B #78AE34 #34AEA7 #6A34AE

split-complementary

#AE343B #34AE6A #3478AE

monochromatic

#50181B #7F262B #AE343B #CC535A #DA8388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#AE343B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AE343B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE343B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE343B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE343B	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae343b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7471',
    500: '#ae343b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae343b;
$custom-light: #cd7471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae343b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.557,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50936,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE343B

secondary

#7BC3BF

accent

#DDD54A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE343B

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

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