#AE3B49#AE3B49

#AE3B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.150 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3B49
RGB	rgb(174, 59, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 47.77, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 50.94, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.143 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.15 17)
XYZ	xyz(20.2240, 12.6103, 7.6711)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3B49 #3BAEA0

analogous

#AE3B82 #AE3B49 #AE673B

triadic

#AE3B49 #49AE3B #3B49AE

tetradic

#AE3B49 #82AE3B #3BAEA0 #673BAE

square

#AE3B49 #82AE3B #3BAEA0 #673BAE

split-complementary

#AE3B49 #3BAE67 #3B82AE

monochromatic

#531C23 #802C36 #AE3B49 #C85E6B #D88C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#AE3B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3B49

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3B49	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 59, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.150 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc777b',
    500: '#ae3b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3b49;
$custom-light: #cc777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52003,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.12608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3B49

secondary

#82C2BB

accent

#D9C84F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3B49

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

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