#AE352B#AE352B

#AE352B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.159 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE352B
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 43)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 48.50, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 59.27, 35.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.1394 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.159 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1669, 11.7221, 3.5384)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE352B #2BA4AE

analogous

#AE2B63 #AE352B #AE762B

triadic

#AE352B #2BAE35 #352BAE

tetradic

#AE352B #63AE2B #2BA4AE #762BAE

square

#AE352B #63AE2B #2BA4AE #762BAE

split-complementary

#AE352B #2BAE76 #2B63AE

monochromatic

#4C1713 #7D261F #AE352B #D15045 #DD7E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#AE352B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE352B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE352B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE352B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE352B	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae352b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.159 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7465',
    500: '#ae352b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae352b;
$custom-light: #ce7465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae352b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.58,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50801,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE352B

secondary

#70BEC5

accent

#D7E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE352B

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

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