#AE3E51#AE3E51

#AE3E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.146 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E51
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 47.10, 13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 49.03, 16.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1421 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.146 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6651, 13.0407, 9.2119)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E51 #3EAE9B

analogous

#AE3E89 #AE3E51 #AE633E

triadic

#AE3E51 #51AE3E #3E51AE

tetradic

#AE3E51 #89AE3E #3EAE9B #633EAE

square

#AE3E51 #89AE3E #3EAE9B #633EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E51 #3EAE63 #3E89AE

monochromatic

#541E27 #812E3C #AE3E51 #C76273 #D78F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#AE3E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AE3E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E51

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E51	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.146 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7981',
    500: '#ae3e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e51;
$custom-light: #cb7981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.821,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52548,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E51

secondary

#86C2B8

accent

#D7C051

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E51

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

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