#AE343E#AE343E

#AE343E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE343E
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 49.89, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 54.87, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1478 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.158 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5551, 11.8053, 5.8054)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE343E #34AEA4

analogous

#AE347B #AE343E #AE6734

triadic

#AE343E #3EAE34 #343EAE

tetradic

#AE343E #7BAE34 #34AEA4 #6734AE

square

#AE343E #7BAE34 #34AEA4 #6734AE

split-complementary

#AE343E #34AE67 #347BAE

monochromatic

#50181C #7F262D #AE343E #CC535D #DA838A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AE343E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE343E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE343E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE343E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE343E	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)

#55503D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae343e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7473',
    500: '#ae343e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae343e;
$custom-light: #cd7473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae343e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.082,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50991,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE343E

secondary

#7BC3BD

accent

#DDD14A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE343E

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

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