#AE3E30#AE3E30

#AE3E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.149 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E30
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 48)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 44.91, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 55.63, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1292 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.149 30)
XYZ	xyz(19.7138, 12.6601, 4.2013)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E30 #30A0AE

analogous

#AE3061 #AE3E30 #AE7D30

triadic

#AE3E30 #30AE3E #3E30AE

tetradic

#AE3E30 #61AE30 #30A0AE #7D30AE

square

#AE3E30 #61AE30 #30A0AE #7D30AE

split-complementary

#AE3E30 #30AE7D #3061AE

monochromatic

#4E1C16 #7E2D23 #AE3E30 #CE5C4D #DB887D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#AE3E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E30

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E30	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF223B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.149 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7969',
    500: '#ae3e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e30;
$custom-light: #ce7969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51928,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.12657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E30

secondary

#76BBC4

accent

#CFE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E30

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

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