#AE3E38#AE3E38

#AE3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.148 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE3E38
RGBrgb(174, 62, 56)
HSLhsl(3, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(3, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.36, 45.33, 28.28)
CIE-LCHlch(42.36, 53.43, 31.96°)
OKLaboklab(52.05% 0.1321 0.0661)
OKLCHoklch(52.05% 0.148 26.6)
XYZxyz(19.8940, 12.7322, 5.1506)
Luminance0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE3E38 #38A8AE
analogous
#AE386D #AE3E38 #AE7938
triadic
#AE3E38 #38AE3E #3E38AE
tetradic
#AE3E38 #6DAE38 #38A8AE #7938AE
square
#AE3E38 #6DAE38 #38A8AE #7938AE
split-complementary
#AE3E38 #38AE79 #386DAE
monochromatic
#511D1A #802E29 #AE3E38 #CA5F59 #D98C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92
#AE3E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55
#AE3E38 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E38
5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE3E38#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE3E381.005.923.555.92
#FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C5537
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#786D35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF243D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.148 26.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796f',
    500: '#ae3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae3e38;
$custom-light: #cd796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.051,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52046,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE3E38
secondary
#7FBFC3
accent
#D4DB4D
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEEEC
border
#D4C9C7
text
#150907
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

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#AE3E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva