#AE3F39#AE3F39

#AE3F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.146 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3F39
RGB	rgb(174, 63, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 44.94, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 52.90, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1311 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.146 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9736, 12.8518, 5.2990)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3F39 #39A8AE

analogous

#AE396D #AE3F39 #AE7939

triadic

#AE3F39 #39AE3F #3F39AE

tetradic

#AE3F39 #6DAE39 #39A8AE #7939AE

square

#AE3F39 #6DAE39 #39A8AE #7939AE

split-complementary

#AE3F39 #39AE79 #396DAE

monochromatic

#521E1B #802E2A #AE3F39 #C9615B #D88D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AE3F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE3F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3F39

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3F39	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF263E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 63, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.146 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796f',
    500: '#ae3f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3f39;
$custom-light: #cd796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.077,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52188,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3F39

secondary

#80BFC3

accent

#D3DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3F39

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

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