#AE3C34#AE3C34

#AE3C34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.150 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C34
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 45.99, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 55.02, 33.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1334 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.15 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6933, 12.4811, 4.6203)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C34 #34A6AE

analogous

#AE3469 #AE3C34 #AE7934

triadic

#AE3C34 #34AE3C #3C34AE

tetradic

#AE3C34 #69AE34 #34A6AE #7934AE

square

#AE3C34 #69AE34 #34A6AE #7934AE

split-complementary

#AE3C34 #34AE79 #3469AE

monochromatic

#501C18 #7F2C26 #AE3C34 #CC5B53 #DA8883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#AE3C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3C34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C34

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C34	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.150 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd786c',
    500: '#ae3c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c34;
$custom-light: #cd786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51738,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C34

secondary

#7BBEC3

accent

#D4DD4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C34

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

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