#AE3A45#AE3A45

#AE3A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.151 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A45
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 47.90, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 51.85, 22.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1428 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.151 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0447, 12.4572, 6.9780)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A45 #3AAEA3

analogous

#AE3A7F #AE3A45 #AE693A

triadic

#AE3A45 #45AE3A #3A45AE

tetradic

#AE3A45 #7FAE3A #3AAEA3 #693AAE

square

#AE3A45 #7FAE3A #3AAEA3 #693AAE

split-complementary

#AE3A45 #3AAE69 #3A7FAE

monochromatic

#521B21 #802B33 #AE3A45 #C95C67 #D88A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#AE3A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#AE3A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A45

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A45	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE213F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.151 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7778',
    500: '#ae3a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a45;
$custom-light: #cc7778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.31,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51801,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A45

secondary

#81C2BC

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A45

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

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