#AE3C46#AE3C46

#AE3C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.148 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C46
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 47.12, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 51.06, 22.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.1404 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.148 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1788, 12.6753, 7.1772)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C46 #3CAEA4

analogous

#AE3C7F #AE3C46 #AE6B3C

triadic

#AE3C46 #46AE3C #3C46AE

tetradic

#AE3C46 #7FAE3C #3CAEA4 #6B3CAE

square

#AE3C46 #7FAE3C #3CAEA4 #6B3CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C46 #3CAE6B #3C7FAE

monochromatic

#531D21 #802C34 #AE3C46 #C85F68 #D88D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AE3C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C46

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C46	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.148 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7879',
    500: '#ae3c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c46;
$custom-light: #cc7879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52058,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C46

secondary

#83C2BD

accent

#D8CC50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C46

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

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