#AE3C50#AE3C50

#AE3C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.149 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C50
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 47.89, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 49.83, 16.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1445 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.149 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5212, 12.8122, 8.9802)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C50 #3CAE9A

analogous

#AE3C89 #AE3C50 #AE613C

triadic

#AE3C50 #50AE3C #3C50AE

tetradic

#AE3C50 #89AE3C #3CAE9A #613CAE

square

#AE3C50 #89AE3C #3CAE9A #613CAE

split-complementary

#AE3C50 #3CAE61 #3C89AE

monochromatic

#531D26 #802C3B #AE3C50 #C85F72 #D88D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#AE3C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#AE3C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C50

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C50	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.149 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7880',
    500: '#ae3c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c50;
$custom-light: #cc7880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.474,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52283,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C50

secondary

#83C2B7

accent

#D8C050

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C50

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

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