#AE3E45#AE3E45

#AE3E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.146 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E45
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 46.17, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 50.59, 24.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1373 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.146 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2543, 12.8763, 7.0479)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E45 #3EAEA7

analogous

#AE3E7D #AE3E45 #AE6F3E

triadic

#AE3E45 #45AE3E #3E45AE

tetradic

#AE3E45 #7DAE3E #3EAEA7 #6F3EAE

square

#AE3E45 #7DAE3E #3EAEA7 #6F3EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E45 #3EAE6F #3E7DAE

monochromatic

#541E21 #812E33 #AE3E45 #C76268 #D78F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#AE3E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE3E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E45

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E45	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.146 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7978',
    500: '#ae3e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e45;
$custom-light: #cc7978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52282,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E45

secondary

#86C2BE

accent

#D7CF51

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E45

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

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