#AE3C41#AE3C41

#AE3C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.149 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C41
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, 46.77, 22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 51.95, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1384 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.149 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0275, 12.6148, 6.3803)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C41 #3CAEA9

analogous

#AE3C7A #AE3C41 #AE703C

triadic

#AE3C41 #41AE3C #3C41AE

tetradic

#AE3C41 #7AAE3C #3CAEA9 #703CAE

square

#AE3C41 #7AAE3C #3CAEA9 #703CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C41 #3CAE70 #3C7AAE

monochromatic

#531D1F #802C30 #AE3C41 #C85F64 #D88D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#AE3C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C41

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C41	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF233F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.149 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7875',
    500: '#ae3c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c41;
$custom-light: #cd7875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.368,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51959,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C41

secondary

#83C2C0

accent

#D8D250

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C41

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

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