#AE3548#AE3548

#AE3548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.156 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3548
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 50.17, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 53.00, 18.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1505 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.156 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9003, 12.0155, 7.4010)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3548 #35AE9B

analogous

#AE3584 #AE3548 #AE5F35

triadic

#AE3548 #48AE35 #3548AE

tetradic

#AE3548 #84AE35 #35AE9B #5F35AE

square

#AE3548 #84AE35 #35AE9B #5F35AE

split-complementary

#AE3548 #35AE5F #3584AE

monochromatic

#501821 #7F2735 #AE3548 #CB5568 #DA8491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#AE3548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#AE3548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3548

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3548	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE193D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.156 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc747a',
    500: '#ae3548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3548;
$custom-light: #cc747a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.579,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51303,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3548

secondary

#7CC3B8

accent

#DDC64B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3548

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

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