#AE303C#AE303C

#AE303C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.162 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE303C
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 60)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 51.30, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 56.35, 24.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.1519 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.162 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3302, 11.4417, 5.4647)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE303C #30AEA2

analogous

#AE307B #AE303C #AE6330

triadic

#AE303C #3CAE30 #303CAE

tetradic

#AE303C #7BAE30 #30AEA2 #6330AE

square

#AE303C #7BAE30 #30AEA2 #6330AE

split-complementary

#AE303C #30AE63 #307BAE

monochromatic

#4E161B #7E232B #AE303C #CE4D59 #DB7D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#AE303C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AE303C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE303C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE303C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE303C	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae303c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.162 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7271',
    500: '#ae303c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae303c;
$custom-light: #cd7271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae303c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50539,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE303C

secondary

#76C4BC

accent

#E0D248

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE303C

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

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