#AE3A46#AE3A46

#AE3A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.151 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A46
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 70)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 47.97, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 51.69, 21.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1432 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.151 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0760, 12.4697, 7.1429)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A46 #3AAEA2

analogous

#AE3A80 #AE3A46 #AE683A

triadic

#AE3A46 #46AE3A #3A46AE

tetradic

#AE3A46 #80AE3A #3AAEA2 #683AAE

square

#AE3A46 #80AE3A #3AAEA2 #683AAE

split-complementary

#AE3A46 #3AAE68 #3A80AE

monochromatic

#521B21 #802B34 #AE3A46 #C95C68 #D88A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#AE3A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#AE3A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A46

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A46	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE213F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.151 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7779',
    500: '#ae3a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a46;
$custom-light: #cc7779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51821,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A46

secondary

#81C2BC

accent

#DACB4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A46

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

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