#AE373E#AE373E

#AE373E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.154 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE373E
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 48.69, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 54.02, 25.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.144 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.154 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6932, 12.0816, 5.8515)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE373E #37AEA7

analogous

#AE3779 #AE373E #AE6C37

triadic

#AE373E #3EAE37 #373EAE

tetradic

#AE373E #79AE37 #37AEA7 #6C37AE

square

#AE373E #79AE37 #37AEA7 #6C37AE

split-complementary

#AE373E #37AE6C #3779AE

monochromatic

#511A1D #7F282D #AE373E #CA585F #D9868B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#AE373E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#AE373E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE373E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE373E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE373E	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57513D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF193B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae373e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.154 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7573',
    500: '#ae373e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae373e;
$custom-light: #cd7573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae373e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5132,
    "c": 0.15442,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE373E

secondary

#7EC3BF

accent

#DBD34C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE373E

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

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