#AE3E33#AE3E33

#AE3E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.149 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E33
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 51)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 45.06, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 54.78, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1303 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.149 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7778, 12.6857, 4.5385)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E33 #33A3AE

analogous

#AE3366 #AE3E33 #AE7C33

triadic

#AE3E33 #33AE3E #3E33AE

tetradic

#AE3E33 #66AE33 #33A3AE #7C33AE

square

#AE3E33 #66AE33 #33A3AE #7C33AE

split-complementary

#AE3E33 #33AE7C #3366AE

monochromatic

#4F1C17 #7F2D25 #AE3E33 #CC5D52 #DA8981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AE3E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AE3E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E33

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E33	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF233C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.149 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796b',
    500: '#ae3e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e33;
$custom-light: #cd796b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5197,
    "c": 0.14862,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E33

secondary

#79BDC3

accent

#D1DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →