#AE3855#AE3855

#AE3855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.154 H 9.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3855
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 85)
HSL	hsl(345, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(345, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 50.00, 9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 50.99, 11.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% 0.1518 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.154 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5111, 12.4856, 9.9224)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3855 #38AE91

analogous

#AE3890 #AE3855 #AE5638

triadic

#AE3855 #55AE38 #3855AE

tetradic

#AE3855 #90AE38 #38AE91 #5638AE

square

#AE3855 #90AE38 #38AE91 #5638AE

split-complementary

#AE3855 #38AE56 #3890AE

monochromatic

#511A28 #80293E #AE3855 #CA5975 #D9889C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#AE3855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3855

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3855	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.154 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7684',
    500: '#ae3855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3855;
$custom-light: #cc7684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.254,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51947,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3855

secondary

#7FC3B2

accent

#DBB84D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3855

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

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