#AE3E31#AE3E31

#AE3E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.149 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E31
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 44.96, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 55.34, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.1295 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.149 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7346, 12.6684, 4.3112)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E31 #31A1AE

analogous

#AE3162 #AE3E31 #AE7C31

triadic

#AE3E31 #31AE3E #3E31AE

tetradic

#AE3E31 #62AE31 #31A1AE #7C31AE

square

#AE3E31 #62AE31 #31A1AE #7C31AE

split-complementary

#AE3E31 #31AE7C #3162AE

monochromatic

#4E1C16 #7E2D24 #AE3E31 #CD5C4F #DB887F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AE3E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E31

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E31	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF223C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.149 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796a',
    500: '#ae3e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e31;
$custom-light: #cd796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51942,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E31

secondary

#77BCC4

accent

#D0DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E31

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

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