#AE3F40#AE3F40

#AE3F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.146 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3F40
RGB	rgb(174, 63, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 45.38, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 51.26, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1338 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.146 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1604, 12.9266, 6.2830)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3F40 #3FAEAD

analogous

#AE3F78 #AE3F40 #AE763F

triadic

#AE3F40 #40AE3F #3F40AE

tetradic

#AE3F40 #78AE3F #3FAEAD #763FAE

square

#AE3F40 #78AE3F #3FAEAD #763FAE

split-complementary

#AE3F40 #3FAE76 #3F78AE

monochromatic

#541E1F #812F2F #AE3F40 #C76464 #D79091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#AE3F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#AE3F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3F40

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3F40	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 63, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.146 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7974',
    500: '#ae3f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3f40;
$custom-light: #cc7974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.459,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52309,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3F40

secondary

#87C2C2

accent

#D6D551

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3F40

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

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