#AE3840#AE3840

#AE3840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3840
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 48.40, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 53.34, 24.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1434 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.153 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7971, 12.2000, 6.1619)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3840 #38AEA6

analogous

#AE387B #AE3840 #AE6B38

triadic

#AE3840 #40AE38 #3840AE

tetradic

#AE3840 #7BAE38 #38AEA6 #6B38AE

square

#AE3840 #7BAE38 #38AEA6 #6B38AE

split-complementary

#AE3840 #38AE6B #387BAE

monochromatic

#511A1E #80292F #AE3840 #CA5961 #D9888D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#AE3840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE3840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3840

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3840	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57523F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7674',
    500: '#ae3840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3840;
$custom-light: #cd7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5147,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3840

secondary

#7FC3BE

accent

#DBD14D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3840

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

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