#AE3638#AE3638

#AE3638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.156 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3638
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 48.74, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 55.60, 28.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1429 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.156 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4906, 11.9253, 5.0161)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3638 #36AEAC

analogous

#AE3674 #AE3638 #AE7036

triadic

#AE3638 #38AE36 #3638AE

tetradic

#AE3638 #74AE36 #36AEAC #7036AE

square

#AE3638 #74AE36 #36AEAC #7036AE

split-complementary

#AE3638 #36AE70 #3674AE

monochromatic

#51191A #7F2829 #AE3638 #CB5658 #D98587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AE3638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AE3638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3638

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3638	1.00	6.20	3.38	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.156 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd756e',
    500: '#ae3638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3638;
$custom-light: #cd756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51102,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3638

secondary

#7DC3C2

accent

#DCDA4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3638

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

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