#AE3C49#AE3C49

#AE3C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.148 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C49
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 47.34, 17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 50.61, 20.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1417 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.148 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2759, 12.7141, 7.6884)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C49 #3CAEA1

analogous

#AE3C82 #AE3C49 #AE683C

triadic

#AE3C49 #49AE3C #3C49AE

tetradic

#AE3C49 #82AE3C #3CAEA1 #683CAE

square

#AE3C49 #82AE3C #3CAEA1 #683CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C49 #3CAE68 #3C82AE

monochromatic

#531D23 #802C36 #AE3C49 #C85F6B #D88D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AE3C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AE3C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C49

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C49	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.148 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc787b',
    500: '#ae3c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c49;
$custom-light: #cc787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.158,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52122,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C49

secondary

#83C2BB

accent

#D8C950

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C49

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

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