#AE3C43#AE3C43

#AE3C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.149 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C43
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 46.90, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 51.57, 24.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1392 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.149 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0865, 12.6384, 6.6908)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C43 #3CAEA7

analogous

#AE3C7C #AE3C43 #AE6E3C

triadic

#AE3C43 #43AE3C #3C43AE

tetradic

#AE3C43 #7CAE3C #3CAEA7 #6E3CAE

square

#AE3C43 #7CAE3C #3CAEA7 #6E3CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C43 #3CAE6E #3C7CAE

monochromatic

#531D20 #802C31 #AE3C43 #C85F66 #D88D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#AE3C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C43

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C43	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE233F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.149 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7877',
    500: '#ae3c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c43;
$custom-light: #cc7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51998,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C43

secondary

#83C2BE

accent

#D8D050

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C43

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

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