#AE3442#AE3442

#AE3442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3442
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 50.15, 20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 54.16, 22.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1494 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.157 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6689, 11.8508, 6.4049)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3442 #34AEA0

analogous

#AE347F #AE3442 #AE6334

triadic

#AE3442 #42AE34 #3442AE

tetradic

#AE3442 #7FAE34 #34AEA0 #6334AE

square

#AE3442 #7FAE34 #34AEA0 #6334AE

split-complementary

#AE3442 #34AE63 #347FAE

monochromatic

#50181E #7F2630 #AE3442 #CC5361 #DA838D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AE3442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AE3442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3442

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3442	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF143A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7476',
    500: '#ae3442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3442;
$custom-light: #cd7476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51069,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3442

secondary

#7BC3BB

accent

#DDCC4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3442

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

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