#AE363D#AE363D

#AE363D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.156 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE363D
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 61)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 49.03, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 54.50, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.1448 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.156 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6190, 11.9767, 5.6926)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE363D #36AEA7

analogous

#AE3679 #AE363D #AE6B36

triadic

#AE363D #3DAE36 #363DAE

tetradic

#AE363D #79AE36 #36AEA7 #6B36AE

square

#AE363D #79AE36 #36AEA7 #6B36AE

split-complementary

#AE363D #36AE6B #3679AE

monochromatic

#51191C #7F282D #AE363D #CB565D #D9858A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE363D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE363D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE363D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE363D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE363D	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56513C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF163A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae363d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.156 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7572',
    500: '#ae363d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae363d;
$custom-light: #cd7572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae363d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5119,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE363D

secondary

#7DC3BF

accent

#DCD44C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE363D

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

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