#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
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 45.33, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 53.43, 31.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1321 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.148 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8940, 12.7322, 5.1506)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AE3E38	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AE3E38

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

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