#AE3C35#AE3C35

#AE3C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.150 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C35
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 46.05, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 54.75, 32.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1338 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.15 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7161, 12.4902, 4.7401)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C35 #35A7AE

analogous

#AE356B #AE3C35 #AE7935

triadic

#AE3C35 #35AE3C #3C35AE

tetradic

#AE3C35 #6BAE35 #35A7AE #7935AE

square

#AE3C35 #6BAE35 #35A7AE #7935AE

split-complementary

#AE3C35 #35AE79 #356BAE

monochromatic

#501C18 #7F2C27 #AE3C35 #CB5C55 #DA8984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AE3C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C35

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C35	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)

#5B5333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF203B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.150 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd786c',
    500: '#ae3c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c35;
$custom-light: #cd786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.471,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51753,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C35

secondary

#7CBFC3

accent

#D4DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C35

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

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