#AE3945#AE3945

#AE3945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.152 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3945
RGB	rgb(174, 57, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, 48.32, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 52.16, 22.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1441 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.152 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9948, 12.3573, 6.9614)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3945 #39AEA2

analogous

#AE397F #AE3945 #AE6739

triadic

#AE3945 #45AE39 #3945AE

tetradic

#AE3945 #7FAE39 #39AEA2 #6739AE

square

#AE3945 #7FAE39 #39AEA2 #6739AE

split-complementary

#AE3945 #39AE67 #397FAE

monochromatic

#521B20 #802A33 #AE3945 #C95B66 #D88991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#AE3945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#AE3945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3945

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3945	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE1F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 57, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.152 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7678',
    500: '#ae3945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3945;
$custom-light: #cc7678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51685,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3945

secondary

#80C3BC

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3945

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

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