#AE343D#AE343D

#AE343D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE343D
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 49.83, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 55.07, 25.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.1474 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.158 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5279, 11.7944, 5.6622)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE343D #34AEA5

analogous

#AE347A #AE343D #AE6834

triadic

#AE343D #3DAE34 #343DAE

tetradic

#AE343D #7AAE34 #34AEA5 #6834AE

square

#AE343D #7AAE34 #34AEA5 #6834AE

split-complementary

#AE343D #34AE68 #347AAE

monochromatic

#50181C #7F262C #AE343D #CC535C #DA8389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AE343D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE343D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE343D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE343D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE343D	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae343d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7472',
    500: '#ae343d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae343d;
$custom-light: #cd7472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae343d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.574,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50972,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE343D

secondary

#7BC3BE

accent

#DDD34A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE343D

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

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