#AE3842#AE3842

#AE3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3842
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, 48.53, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 52.97, 23.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1442 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.153 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8551, 12.2231, 6.4670)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3842 #38AEA4

analogous

#AE387D #AE3842 #AE6938

triadic

#AE3842 #42AE38 #3842AE

tetradic

#AE3842 #7DAE38 #38AEA4 #6938AE

square

#AE3842 #7DAE38 #38AEA4 #6938AE

split-complementary

#AE3842 #38AE69 #387DAE

monochromatic

#511A1F #802930 #AE3842 #CA5963 #D9888F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#AE3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3842

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3842	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7676',
    500: '#ae3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3842;
$custom-light: #cd7676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.915,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51509,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3842

secondary

#7FC3BD

accent

#DBCF4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3842

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →