#AE3550#AE3550

#AE3550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.157 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3550
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 80)
HSL	hsl(347, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 50.79, 12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 52.26, 13.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1537 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.157 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1784, 12.1268, 8.8660)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3550 #35AE93

analogous

#AE358C #AE3550 #AE5735

triadic

#AE3550 #50AE35 #3550AE

tetradic

#AE3550 #8CAE35 #35AE93 #5735AE

square

#AE3550 #8CAE35 #35AE93 #5735AE

split-complementary

#AE3550 #35AE57 #358CAE

monochromatic

#501825 #7F273A #AE3550 #CB556F #DA8497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#AE3550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#AE3550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3550

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3550	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE1C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.157 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7580',
    500: '#ae3550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3550;
$custom-light: #cc7580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.612,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51491,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3550

secondary

#7CC3B3

accent

#DDBC4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDEE

border

#D3C8C9

text

#14090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3550

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

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