#AE3A37#AE3A37

#AE3A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.152 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A37
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 55)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 47.02, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 54.76, 30.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1373 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.152 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6603, 12.3034, 4.9532)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A37 #37ABAE

analogous

#AE376F #AE3A37 #AE7637

triadic

#AE3A37 #37AE3A #3A37AE

tetradic

#AE3A37 #6FAE37 #37ABAE #7637AE

square

#AE3A37 #6FAE37 #37ABAE #7637AE

split-complementary

#AE3A37 #37AE76 #376FAE

monochromatic

#511B1A #7F2B28 #AE3A37 #CA5B58 #D98986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#AE3A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#AE3A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A37

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A37	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.152 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd776e',
    500: '#ae3a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a37;
$custom-light: #cd776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.513,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51544,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A37

secondary

#7EC1C3

accent

#D8DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A37

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

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