#AE3C40#AE3C40

#AE3C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.149 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C40
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 46.70, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 52.15, 26.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.138 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.149 22)
XYZ	xyz(19.9988, 12.6033, 6.2291)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C40 #3CAEAA

analogous

#AE3C79 #AE3C40 #AE713C

triadic

#AE3C40 #40AE3C #3C40AE

tetradic

#AE3C40 #79AE3C #3CAEAA #713CAE

square

#AE3C40 #79AE3C #3CAEAA #713CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C40 #3CAE71 #3C79AE

monochromatic

#531D1F #802C2F #AE3C40 #C85F63 #D88D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#AE3C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C40

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C40	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)

#5A543F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF233E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.149 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7874',
    500: '#ae3c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c40;
$custom-light: #cd7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5194,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.12601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C40

secondary

#83C2C0

accent

#D8D350

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C40

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

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