#AE3D37#AE3D37

#AE3D37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.149 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3D37
RGB	rgb(174, 61, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, 45.72, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 53.96, 32.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1331 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.149 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8159, 12.6148, 5.0051)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3D37 #37A8AE

analogous

#AE376D #AE3D37 #AE7837

triadic

#AE3D37 #37AE3D #3D37AE

tetradic

#AE3D37 #6DAE37 #37A8AE #7837AE

square

#AE3D37 #6DAE37 #37A8AE #7837AE

split-complementary

#AE3D37 #37AE78 #376DAE

monochromatic

#511C1A #7F2D28 #AE3D37 #CA5E58 #D98B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#AE3D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3D37

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3D37	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)

#5B5436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF223C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 61, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.149 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd786e',
    500: '#ae3d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3d37;
$custom-light: #cd786e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.025,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51906,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3D37

secondary

#7EBFC3

accent

#D4DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3D37

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

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