#AE3536#AE3536

#AE3536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3536
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 49.03, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 56.34, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1434 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.157 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3966, 11.8140, 4.7483)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3536 #35AEAD

analogous

#AE3573 #AE3536 #AE7135

triadic

#AE3536 #36AE35 #3536AE

tetradic

#AE3536 #73AE35 #35AEAD #7135AE

square

#AE3536 #73AE35 #35AEAD #7135AE

split-complementary

#AE3536 #35AE71 #3573AE

monochromatic

#501819 #7F2727 #AE3536 #CB5556 #DA8485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AE3536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE3536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3536

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3536	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)

#575035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce746d',
    500: '#ae3536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3536;
$custom-light: #ce746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.504,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50959,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3536

secondary

#7CC3C2

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3536

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

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