#AE303A#AE303A

#AE303A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.162 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE303A
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 58)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 51.19, 24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 56.75, 25.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1511 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.162 21)
XYZ	xyz(19.2783, 11.4209, 5.1915)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE303A #30AEA4

analogous

#AE3079 #AE303A #AE6530

triadic

#AE303A #3AAE30 #303AAE

tetradic

#AE303A #79AE30 #30AEA4 #6530AE

square

#AE303A #79AE30 #30AEA4 #6530AE

split-complementary

#AE303A #30AE65 #3079AE

monochromatic

#4E161A #7E232A #AE303A #CE4D57 #DB7D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AE303A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AE303A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE303A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE303A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE303A	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae303a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.162 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7270',
    500: '#ae303a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae303a;
$custom-light: #ce7270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae303a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.238,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50503,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.11418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE303A

secondary

#76C4BE

accent

#E0D448

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE303A

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

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