#AE3E57#AE3E57

#AE3E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.147 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E57
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(347, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 47.63, 10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 48.69, 11.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% 0.1445 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.147 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9002, 13.1347, 10.4496)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E57 #3EAE95

analogous

#AE3E8F #AE3E57 #AE5D3E

triadic

#AE3E57 #57AE3E #3E57AE

tetradic

#AE3E57 #8FAE3E #3EAE95 #5D3EAE

square

#AE3E57 #8FAE3E #3EAE95 #5D3EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E57 #3EAE5D #3E8FAE

monochromatic

#541E2A #812E40 #AE3E57 #C76279 #D78F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AE3E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE3E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E57

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E57	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.147 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7986',
    500: '#ae3e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e57;
$custom-light: #cb7986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.607,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52699,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E57

secondary

#86C2B5

accent

#D7B951

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#14090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E57

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

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