#AE3549#AE3549

#AE3549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.156 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3549
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 50.25, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 52.88, 18.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1509 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.156 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9331, 12.0287, 7.5742)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3549 #35AE9A

analogous

#AE3585 #AE3549 #AE5E35

triadic

#AE3549 #49AE35 #3549AE

tetradic

#AE3549 #85AE35 #35AE9A #5E35AE

square

#AE3549 #85AE35 #35AE9A #5E35AE

split-complementary

#AE3549 #35AE5E #3585AE

monochromatic

#501822 #7F2735 #AE3549 #CB5569 #DA8492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#AE3549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#AE3549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3549

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3549	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE193D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.156 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc747b',
    500: '#ae3549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3549;
$custom-light: #cc747b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.083,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51325,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3549

secondary

#7CC3B7

accent

#DDC54B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3549

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

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