#AE3843#AE3843

#AE3843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3843
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 48.60, 20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 52.80, 23.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1446 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.153 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8848, 12.2350, 6.6236)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3843 #38AEA3

analogous

#AE387E #AE3843 #AE6838

triadic

#AE3843 #43AE38 #3843AE

tetradic

#AE3843 #7EAE38 #38AEA3 #6838AE

square

#AE3843 #7EAE38 #38AEA3 #6838AE

split-complementary

#AE3843 #38AE68 #387EAE

monochromatic

#511A1F #802931 #AE3843 #CA5964 #D9888F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#AE3843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#AE3843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3843

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3843	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7677',
    500: '#ae3843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3843;
$custom-light: #cd7677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.407,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51529,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3843

secondary

#7FC3BC

accent

#DBCE4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3843

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

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