#AF3E42#AF3E42

#AF3E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.148 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF3E42
RGB	rgb(175, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 46.30, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 51.57, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.137 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.148 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3872, 12.9553, 6.5803)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF3E42 #3EAFAB

analogous

#AF3E7B #AF3E42 #AF733E

triadic

#AF3E42 #42AF3E #3E42AF

tetradic

#AF3E42 #7BAF3E #3EAFAB #733EAF

square

#AF3E42 #7BAF3E #3EAFAB #733EAF

split-complementary

#AF3E42 #3EAF73 #3E7BAF

monochromatic

#551E20 #822E31 #AF3E42 #C86366 #D89092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#AF3E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#AF3E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF3E42

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF3E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF3E42	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af3e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.148 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7976',
    500: '#af3e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af3e42;
$custom-light: #cd7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af3e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.876,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52386,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF3E42

secondary

#86C3C0

accent

#D7D351

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF3E42

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

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