#AE3936#AE3936

#AE3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.153 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3936
RGB	rgb(174, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 47.39, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 55.28, 31.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1382 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.153 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5866, 12.1941, 4.8116)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3936 #36ABAE

analogous

#AE366F #AE3936 #AE7536

triadic

#AE3936 #36AE39 #3936AE

tetradic

#AE3936 #6FAE36 #36ABAE #7536AE

square

#AE3936 #6FAE36 #36ABAE #7536AE

split-complementary

#AE3936 #36AE75 #366FAE

monochromatic

#511A19 #7F2A28 #AE3936 #CB5956 #D98785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#AE3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3936

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3936	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)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.153 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd766d',
    500: '#ae3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3936;
$custom-light: #cd766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51411,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3936

secondary

#7DC1C3

accent

#D8DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3936

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

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