#AE303D#AE303D

#AE303D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.162 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE303D
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 61)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 51.36, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 56.16, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% 0.1523 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.162 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3568, 11.4523, 5.6052)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE303D #30AEA1

analogous

#AE307C #AE303D #AE6230

triadic

#AE303D #3DAE30 #303DAE

tetradic

#AE303D #7CAE30 #30AEA1 #6230AE

square

#AE303D #7CAE30 #30AEA1 #6230AE

split-complementary

#AE303D #30AE62 #307CAE

monochromatic

#4E161B #7E232C #AE303D #CE4D5B #DB7D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#AE303D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AE303D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE303D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE303D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE303D	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae303d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.162 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7272',
    500: '#ae303d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae303d;
$custom-light: #cd7272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae303d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.81,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50558,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE303D

secondary

#76C4BC

accent

#E0D048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE303D

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

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