#AE3639#AE3639

#AE3639 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.156 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3639
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 57)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 48.80, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 55.37, 28.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1433 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.156 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5153, 11.9352, 5.1462)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3639 #36AEAB

analogous

#AE3675 #AE3639 #AE6F36

triadic

#AE3639 #39AE36 #3639AE

tetradic

#AE3639 #75AE36 #36AEAB #6F36AE

square

#AE3639 #75AE36 #36AEAB #6F36AE

split-complementary

#AE3639 #36AE6F #3675AE

monochromatic

#51191A #7F282A #AE3639 #CB5659 #D98587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AE3639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3639 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3639

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3639	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)

#575138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.156 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd756f',
    500: '#ae3639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3639;
$custom-light: #cd756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51119,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3639

secondary

#7DC3C1

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3639

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

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