#AE3955#AE3955

#AE3955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.153 H 9.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3955
RGB	rgb(174, 57, 85)
HSL	hsl(346, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 49.59, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 50.62, 11.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.1505 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.153 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5601, 12.5835, 9.9387)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3955 #39AE92

analogous

#AE398F #AE3955 #AE5739

triadic

#AE3955 #55AE39 #3955AE

tetradic

#AE3955 #8FAE39 #39AE92 #5739AE

square

#AE3955 #8FAE39 #39AE92 #5739AE

split-complementary

#AE3955 #39AE57 #398FAE

monochromatic

#521B28 #802A3E #AE3955 #C95B75 #D8899C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#AE3955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3955

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3955	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 57, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.153 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7784',
    500: '#ae3955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3955;
$custom-light: #cc7784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.641,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5206,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3955

secondary

#80C3B3

accent

#DAB94E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3955

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

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