#AE383D#AE383D

#AE383D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.153 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE383D
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 61)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 48.21, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 53.94, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1422 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.153 22)
XYZ	xyz(19.7140, 12.1667, 5.7243)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE383D #38AEA9

analogous

#AE3878 #AE383D #AE6E38

triadic

#AE383D #3DAE38 #383DAE

tetradic

#AE383D #78AE38 #38AEA9 #6E38AE

square

#AE383D #78AE38 #38AEA9 #6E38AE

split-complementary

#AE383D #38AE6E #3878AE

monochromatic

#511A1D #80292D #AE383D #CA595E #D9888B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#AE383D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE383D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE383D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE383D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE383D	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58523C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae383d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.153 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7672',
    500: '#ae383d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae383d;
$custom-light: #cd7672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae383d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.458,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51414,
    "c": 0.15344,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.12164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE383D

secondary

#7FC3C0

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE383D

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

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