#AE3A40#AE3A40

#AE3A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.151 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A40
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 47.56, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 52.75, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1408 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.151 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8960, 12.3977, 6.1948)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A40 #3AAEA8

analogous

#AE3A7A #AE3A40 #AE6E3A

triadic

#AE3A40 #40AE3A #3A40AE

tetradic

#AE3A40 #7AAE3A #3AAEA8 #6E3AAE

square

#AE3A40 #7AAE3A #3AAEA8 #6E3AAE

split-complementary

#AE3A40 #3AAE6E #3A7AAE

monochromatic

#521B1E #802B2F #AE3A40 #C95C62 #D88A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#AE3A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#AE3A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A40

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A40	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58533F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.151 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7774',
    500: '#ae3a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a40;
$custom-light: #cd7774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51702,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A40

secondary

#81C2BF

accent

#DAD24E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A40

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

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