#AE3E59#AE3E59

#AE3E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.147 H 9.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E59
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 47.81, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 48.64, 10.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1453 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.147 9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9830, 13.1678, 10.8859)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E59 #3EAE93

analogous

#AE3E91 #AE3E59 #AE5B3E

triadic

#AE3E59 #59AE3E #3E59AE

tetradic

#AE3E59 #91AE3E #3EAE93 #5B3EAE

square

#AE3E59 #91AE3E #3EAE93 #5B3EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E59 #3EAE5B #3E91AE

monochromatic

#541E2B #812E42 #AE3E59 #C7627A #D78FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE3E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE3E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E59

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E59	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57575A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.147 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7987',
    500: '#ae3e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e59;
$custom-light: #cb7987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.536,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52752,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E59

secondary

#86C2B4

accent

#D7B751

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E59

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

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