#AE3542#AE3542

#AE3542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.156 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3542
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 49.75, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 53.87, 22.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.1481 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.156 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7140, 11.9410, 6.4200)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3542 #35AEA1

analogous

#AE357E #AE3542 #AE6535

triadic

#AE3542 #42AE35 #3542AE

tetradic

#AE3542 #7EAE35 #35AEA1 #6535AE

square

#AE3542 #7EAE35 #35AEA1 #6535AE

split-complementary

#AE3542 #35AE65 #357EAE

monochromatic

#50181E #7F2730 #AE3542 #CB5562 #DA848D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AE3542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3542

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3542	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF163B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.156 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7476',
    500: '#ae3542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3542;
$custom-light: #cd7476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.554,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51176,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3542

secondary

#7CC3BB

accent

#DDCD4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3542

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

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