#AE3E37#AE3E37

#AE3E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.148 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E37
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 45.27, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 53.69, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.1318 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.148 27)
XYZ	xyz(19.8698, 12.7225, 5.0231)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E37 #37A7AE

analogous

#AE376C #AE3E37 #AE7937

triadic

#AE3E37 #37AE3E #3E37AE

tetradic

#AE3E37 #6CAE37 #37A7AE #7937AE

square

#AE3E37 #6CAE37 #37A7AE #7937AE

split-complementary

#AE3E37 #37AE79 #376CAE

monochromatic

#511D1A #7F2D28 #AE3E37 #CA5F58 #D98B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AE3E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AE3E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E37

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E37	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)

#5C5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.148 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796e',
    500: '#ae3e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e37;
$custom-light: #cd796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5203,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.1272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E37

secondary

#7EBFC3

accent

#D3DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E37

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

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