#AE3D42#AE3D42

#AE3D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.148 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3D42
RGB	rgb(174, 61, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 46.40, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 51.45, 25.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1375 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.148 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1096, 12.7322, 6.5518)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3D42 #3DAEA9

analogous

#AE3D7A #AE3D42 #AE703D

triadic

#AE3D42 #42AE3D #3D42AE

tetradic

#AE3D42 #7AAE3D #3DAEA9 #703DAE

square

#AE3D42 #7AAE3D #3DAEA9 #703DAE

split-complementary

#AE3D42 #3DAE70 #3D7AAE

monochromatic

#531D20 #812D31 #AE3D42 #C86165 #D78E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#AE3D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#AE3D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3D42

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3D42	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 61, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.148 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7876',
    500: '#ae3d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3d42;
$custom-light: #cc7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.345,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52099,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3D42

secondary

#85C2C0

accent

#D8D250

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3D42

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

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