#AE3B48#AE3B48

#AE3B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.150 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3B48
RGB	rgb(174, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 47.69, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 51.08, 20.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.1426 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.15 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1911, 12.5972, 7.4979)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3B48 #3BAEA1

analogous

#AE3B81 #AE3B48 #AE673B

triadic

#AE3B48 #48AE3B #3B48AE

tetradic

#AE3B48 #81AE3B #3BAEA1 #673BAE

square

#AE3B48 #81AE3B #3BAEA1 #673BAE

split-complementary

#AE3B48 #3BAE67 #3B81AE

monochromatic

#531C22 #802C35 #AE3B48 #C85E6A #D88C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#AE3B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3B48

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3B48	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.150 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc777a',
    500: '#ae3b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3b48;
$custom-light: #cc777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51981,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3B48

secondary

#82C2BB

accent

#D9C94F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3B48

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

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