#AE3A48#AE3A48

#AE3A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.151 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A48
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 48.12, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 51.40, 20.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.144 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.151 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1402, 12.4954, 7.4809)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A48 #3AAEA0

analogous

#AE3A82 #AE3A48 #AE663A

triadic

#AE3A48 #48AE3A #3A48AE

tetradic

#AE3A48 #82AE3A #3AAEA0 #663AAE

square

#AE3A48 #82AE3A #3AAEA0 #663AAE

split-complementary

#AE3A48 #3AAE66 #3A82AE

monochromatic

#521B22 #802B35 #AE3A48 #C95C69 #D88A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AE3A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A48

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A48	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.151 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc777a',
    500: '#ae3a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a48;
$custom-light: #cc777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.759,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51864,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A48

secondary

#81C2BB

accent

#DAC94E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A48

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

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