#AE3E35#AE3E35

#AE3E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.148 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E35
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 45.16, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 54.22, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.131 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.148 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8228, 12.7037, 4.7757)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E35 #35A5AE

analogous

#AE3569 #AE3E35 #AE7B35

triadic

#AE3E35 #35AE3E #3E35AE

tetradic

#AE3E35 #69AE35 #35A5AE #7B35AE

square

#AE3E35 #69AE35 #35A5AE #7B35AE

split-complementary

#AE3E35 #35AE7B #3569AE

monochromatic

#501D18 #7F2D27 #AE3E35 #CB5E55 #DA8A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AE3E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AE3E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E35

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E35	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF233D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.148 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796c',
    500: '#ae3e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e35;
$custom-light: #cd796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.463,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51999,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E35

secondary

#7CBEC3

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E35

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

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