#AE3537#AE3537

#AE3537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3537
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 49.09, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 56.10, 28.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1438 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.157 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4203, 11.8235, 4.8733)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3537 #35AEAC

analogous

#AE3574 #AE3537 #AE6F35

triadic

#AE3537 #37AE35 #3537AE

tetradic

#AE3537 #74AE35 #35AEAC #6F35AE

square

#AE3537 #74AE35 #35AEAC #6F35AE

split-complementary

#AE3537 #35AE6F #3574AE

monochromatic

#501819 #7F2728 #AE3537 #CB5557 #DA8485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#AE3537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE3537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3537

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3537	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd746e',
    500: '#ae3537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3537;
$custom-light: #cd746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.008,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50975,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3537

secondary

#7CC3C2

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3537

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

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