#AE3E50#AE3E50

#AE3E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.146 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E50
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 47.02, 14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 49.12, 16.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1417 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.146 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6279, 13.0258, 9.0158)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E50 #3EAE9C

analogous

#AE3E88 #AE3E50 #AE643E

triadic

#AE3E50 #50AE3E #3E50AE

tetradic

#AE3E50 #88AE3E #3EAE9C #643EAE

square

#AE3E50 #88AE3E #3EAE9C #643EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E50 #3EAE64 #3E88AE

monochromatic

#541E27 #812E3B #AE3E50 #C76272 #D78F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#AE3E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#AE3E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E50

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E50	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.146 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7980',
    500: '#ae3e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e50;
$custom-light: #cc7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.357,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52524,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E50

secondary

#86C2B8

accent

#D7C151

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E50

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

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