#AE353C#AE353C

#AE353C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE353C
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 60)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 49.37, 24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 54.99, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1457 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.157 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5463, 11.8739, 5.5367)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE353C #35AEA7

analogous

#AE3579 #AE353C #AE6B35

triadic

#AE353C #3CAE35 #353CAE

tetradic

#AE353C #79AE35 #35AEA7 #6B35AE

square

#AE353C #79AE35 #35AEA7 #6B35AE

split-complementary

#AE353C #35AE6B #3579AE

monochromatic

#50181C #7F272C #AE353C #CB555C #DA8489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#AE353C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AE353C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE353C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE353C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE353C	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56503B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae353c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7471',
    500: '#ae353c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae353c;
$custom-light: #cd7471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae353c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.529,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51062,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE353C

secondary

#7CC3BF

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE353C

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

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