#AE3739#AE3739

#AE3739 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.155 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3739
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 57)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 48.39, 26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 55.09, 28.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% 0.142 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.155 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5623, 12.0293, 5.1619)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3739 #37AEAC

analogous

#AE3774 #AE3739 #AE7137

triadic

#AE3739 #39AE37 #3739AE

tetradic

#AE3739 #74AE37 #37AEAC #7137AE

square

#AE3739 #74AE37 #37AEAC #7137AE

split-complementary

#AE3739 #37AE71 #3774AE

monochromatic

#511A1B #7F282A #AE3739 #CA585A #D98688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#AE3739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#AE3739 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3739

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3739	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.155 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd756f',
    500: '#ae3739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3739;
$custom-light: #cd756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.992,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51231,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3739

secondary

#7EC3C2

accent

#DBD94C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3739

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

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