#AE3E36#AE3E36

#AE3E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.148 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E36
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 45.22, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 53.95, 33.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.1314 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.148 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8461, 12.7130, 4.8981)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E36 #36A6AE

analogous

#AE366A #AE3E36 #AE7A36

triadic

#AE3E36 #36AE3E #3E36AE

tetradic

#AE3E36 #6AAE36 #36A6AE #7A36AE

square

#AE3E36 #6AAE36 #36A6AE #7A36AE

split-complementary

#AE3E36 #36AE7A #366AAE

monochromatic

#511D19 #7F2D28 #AE3E36 #CB5E56 #D98B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AE3E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AE3E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E36

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E36	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)

#5C5534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF233D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.148 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796d',
    500: '#ae3e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e36;
$custom-light: #cd796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52015,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E36

secondary

#7DBEC3

accent

#D2DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E36

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

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