#AE373D#AE373D

#AE373D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.154 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE373D
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 61)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 48.63, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 54.22, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1436 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.154 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6661, 12.0708, 5.7083)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE373D #37AEA8

analogous

#AE3778 #AE373D #AE6D37

triadic

#AE373D #3DAE37 #373DAE

tetradic

#AE373D #78AE37 #37AEA8 #6D37AE

square

#AE373D #78AE37 #37AEA8 #6D37AE

split-complementary

#AE373D #37AE6D #3778AE

monochromatic

#511A1C #7F282D #AE373D #CA585E #D9868B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#AE373D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#AE373D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE373D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE373D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE373D	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57513C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF183A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae373d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.154 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7572',
    500: '#ae373d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae373d;
$custom-light: #cd7572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae373d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.975,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51301,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE373D

secondary

#7EC3BF

accent

#DBD44C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE373D

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

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