#AE3A49#AE3A49

#AE3A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.151 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A49
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 48.19, 17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 51.27, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1444 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.151 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1731, 12.5085, 7.6541)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A49 #3AAE9F

analogous

#AE3A83 #AE3A49 #AE653A

triadic

#AE3A49 #49AE3A #3A49AE

tetradic

#AE3A49 #83AE3A #3AAE9F #653AAE

square

#AE3A49 #83AE3A #3AAE9F #653AAE

split-complementary

#AE3A49 #3AAE65 #3A83AE

monochromatic

#521B22 #802B36 #AE3A49 #C95C6A #D88A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AE3A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A49

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A49	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)

#575449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.151 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc777b',
    500: '#ae3a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a49;
$custom-light: #cc777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.241,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51886,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A49

secondary

#81C2BA

accent

#DAC84E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A49

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

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