#AE3C3E#AE3C3E

#AE3C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.149 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C3E
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 46.57, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 52.57, 27.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% 0.1372 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.149 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9429, 12.5809, 5.9347)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C3E #3CAEAC

analogous

#AE3C77 #AE3C3E #AE733C

triadic

#AE3C3E #3EAE3C #3C3EAE

tetradic

#AE3C3E #77AE3C #3CAEAC #733CAE

square

#AE3C3E #77AE3C #3CAEAC #733CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C3E #3CAE73 #3C77AE

monochromatic

#531D1E #802C2E #AE3C3E #C85F61 #D88D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#AE3C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C3E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C3E	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)

#5A543D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF223E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.149 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7873',
    500: '#ae3c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c3e;
$custom-light: #cd7873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51903,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C3E

secondary

#83C2C1

accent

#D8D650

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C3E

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

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