#AE353B#AE353B

#AE353B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE353B
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 59)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 49.32, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 55.20, 26.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1453 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.157 22)
XYZ	xyz(19.5201, 11.8634, 5.3988)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE353B #35AEA8

analogous

#AE3578 #AE353B #AE6C35

triadic

#AE353B #3BAE35 #353BAE

tetradic

#AE353B #78AE35 #35AEA8 #6C35AE

square

#AE353B #78AE35 #35AEA8 #6C35AE

split-complementary

#AE353B #35AE6C #3578AE

monochromatic

#50181B #7F272B #AE353B #CB555B #DA8488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AE353B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AE353B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE353B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE353B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE353B	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56503A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae353b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7471',
    500: '#ae353b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae353b;
$custom-light: #cd7471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae353b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.025,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51044,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.11861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE353B

secondary

#7CC3C0

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE353B

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

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