#AE3C33#AE3C33

#AE3C33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.151 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C33
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 51)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 45.94, 30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 55.29, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.133 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.151 28)
XYZ	xyz(19.6710, 12.4722, 4.5029)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C33 #33A5AE

analogous

#AE3368 #AE3C33 #AE7A33

triadic

#AE3C33 #33AE3C #3C33AE

tetradic

#AE3C33 #68AE33 #33A5AE #7A33AE

square

#AE3C33 #68AE33 #33A5AE #7A33AE

split-complementary

#AE3C33 #33AE7A #3368AE

monochromatic

#4F1B17 #7F2C25 #AE3C33 #CC5B52 #DA8881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#AE3C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#AE3C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C33

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C33	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)

#5B5331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.151 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd786b',
    500: '#ae3c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c33;
$custom-light: #cd786b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51723,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.12469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C33

secondary

#79BEC3

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C33

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

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