#AE3844#AE3844

#AE3844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3844
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 68)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 48.67, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 52.63, 22.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.145 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.153 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9151, 12.2471, 6.7830)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3844 #38AEA2

analogous

#AE387F #AE3844 #AE6738

triadic

#AE3844 #44AE38 #3844AE

tetradic

#AE3844 #7FAE38 #38AEA2 #6738AE

square

#AE3844 #7FAE38 #38AEA2 #6738AE

split-complementary

#AE3844 #38AE67 #387FAE

monochromatic

#511A20 #802932 #AE3844 #CA5965 #D98890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#AE3844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#AE3844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3844

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3844	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)

#575244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7677',
    500: '#ae3844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3844;
$custom-light: #cd7677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5155,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3844

secondary

#7FC3BC

accent

#DBCC4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3844

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

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