#AE353E#AE353E

#AE353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE353E
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 49.50, 23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 54.59, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1465 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.157 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6002, 11.8955, 5.8205)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE353E #35AEA5

analogous

#AE357B #AE353E #AE6935

triadic

#AE353E #3EAE35 #353EAE

tetradic

#AE353E #7BAE35 #35AEA5 #6935AE

square

#AE353E #7BAE35 #35AEA5 #6935AE

split-complementary

#AE353E #35AE69 #357BAE

monochromatic

#50181D #7F272D #AE353E #CB555E #DA848A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#AE353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AE353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE353E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE353E	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56503D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7473',
    500: '#ae353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae353e;
$custom-light: #cd7473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.537,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51099,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE353E

secondary

#7CC3BE

accent

#DDD24B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE353E

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

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