#AE3531#AE3531

#AE3531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3531
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 49)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 48.78, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 57.60, 32.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.1415 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.158 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2851, 11.7695, 4.1614)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3531 #31AAAE

analogous

#AE316B #AE3531 #AE7331

triadic

#AE3531 #31AE35 #3531AE

tetradic

#AE3531 #6BAE31 #31AAAE #7331AE

square

#AE3531 #6BAE31 #31AAAE #7331AE

split-complementary

#AE3531 #31AE73 #316BAE

monochromatic

#4E1816 #7E2624 #AE3531 #CD534F #DB827F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#AE3531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AE3531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3531

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3531	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)

#57502F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7469',
    500: '#ae3531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3531;
$custom-light: #ce7469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50882,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3531

secondary

#77C1C4

accent

#DBDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3531

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

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