#AE303E#AE303E

#AE303E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.162 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE303E
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 62)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 51.42, 22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 55.98, 23.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.1527 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.162 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3840, 11.4632, 5.7484)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE303E #30AEA0

analogous

#AE307D #AE303E #AE6130

triadic

#AE303E #3EAE30 #303EAE

tetradic

#AE303E #7DAE30 #30AEA0 #6130AE

square

#AE303E #7DAE30 #30AEA0 #6130AE

split-complementary

#AE303E #30AE61 #307DAE

monochromatic

#4E161C #7E232D #AE303E #CE4D5C #DB7D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#AE303E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AE303E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE303E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE303E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE303E	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)

#534E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae303e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.162 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7273',
    500: '#ae303e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae303e;
$custom-light: #cd7273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae303e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50577,
    "c": 0.1616,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE303E

secondary

#76C4BB

accent

#E0CF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE303E

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

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