#AE3E44#AE3E44

#AE3E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.146 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E44
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 46.10, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 50.77, 24.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1369 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.146 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2235, 12.8640, 6.8858)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E44 #3EAEA8

analogous

#AE3E7C #AE3E44 #AE703E

triadic

#AE3E44 #44AE3E #3E44AE

tetradic

#AE3E44 #7CAE3E #3EAEA8 #703EAE

square

#AE3E44 #7CAE3E #3EAEA8 #703EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E44 #3EAE70 #3E7CAE

monochromatic

#541E21 #812E32 #AE3E44 #C76268 #D78F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AE3E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE3E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E44

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E44	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.146 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7977',
    500: '#ae3e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e44;
$custom-light: #cc7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.786,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52262,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E44

secondary

#86C2BF

accent

#D7D051

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E44

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

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