#AE3543#AE3543

#AE3543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.156 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3543
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 67)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 49.82, 20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 53.70, 21.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.1485 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.156 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7437, 11.9529, 6.5766)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3543 #35AEA0

analogous

#AE3580 #AE3543 #AE6435

triadic

#AE3543 #43AE35 #3543AE

tetradic

#AE3543 #80AE35 #35AEA0 #6435AE

square

#AE3543 #80AE35 #35AEA0 #6435AE

split-complementary

#AE3543 #35AE64 #3580AE

monochromatic

#50181F #7F2731 #AE3543 #CB5563 #DA848E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE3543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3543

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3543	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF163B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.156 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7477',
    500: '#ae3543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3543;
$custom-light: #cd7477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.058,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51197,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3543

secondary

#7CC3BB

accent

#DDCC4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3543

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

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