#AE3A42#AE3A42

#AE3A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.151 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A42
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 47.69, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 52.37, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1416 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.151 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9539, 12.4209, 6.4999)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A42 #3AAEA6

analogous

#AE3A7C #AE3A42 #AE6C3A

triadic

#AE3A42 #42AE3A #3A42AE

tetradic

#AE3A42 #7CAE3A #3AAEA6 #6C3AAE

square

#AE3A42 #7CAE3A #3AAEA6 #6C3AAE

split-complementary

#AE3A42 #3AAE6C #3A7CAE

monochromatic

#521B1F #802B31 #AE3A42 #C95C64 #D88A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#AE3A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#AE3A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A42

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A42	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF203E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.151 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7776',
    500: '#ae3a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a42;
$custom-light: #cd7776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5174,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A42

secondary

#81C2BE

accent

#DAD04E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A42

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

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