#AE3F37#AE3F37

#AE3F37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.147 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3F37
RGB	rgb(174, 63, 55)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 44.83, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 53.42, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.1303 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.147 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9247, 12.8323, 5.0414)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3F37 #37A6AE

analogous

#AE376A #AE3F37 #AE7B37

triadic

#AE3F37 #37AE3F #3F37AE

tetradic

#AE3F37 #6AAE37 #37A6AE #7B37AE

square

#AE3F37 #6AAE37 #37A6AE #7B37AE

split-complementary

#AE3F37 #37AE7B #376AAE

monochromatic

#511D1A #7F2E28 #AE3F37 #CA6058 #D98C86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#AE3F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE3F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3F37

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3F37	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 63, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.147 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796e',
    500: '#ae3f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3f37;
$custom-light: #cd796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.034,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52156,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3F37

secondary

#7EBEC3

accent

#D2DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3F37

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

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