#AE3D38#AE3D38

#AE3D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.149 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3D38
RGB	rgb(174, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, 45.77, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 53.70, 31.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1335 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.149 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8401, 12.6244, 5.1326)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3D38 #38A9AE

analogous

#AE386E #AE3D38 #AE7838

triadic

#AE3D38 #38AE3D #3D38AE

tetradic

#AE3D38 #6EAE38 #38A9AE #7838AE

square

#AE3D38 #6EAE38 #38A9AE #7838AE

split-complementary

#AE3D38 #38AE78 #386EAE

monochromatic

#511D1A #802D29 #AE3D38 #CA5E59 #D98B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#AE3D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#AE3D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3D38

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3D38	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)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF223D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.149 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd786f',
    500: '#ae3d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3d38;
$custom-light: #cd786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.542,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51922,
    "c": 0.14878,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3D38

secondary

#7FC0C3

accent

#D5DB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3D38

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

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