#AE383E#AE383E

#AE383E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.153 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE383E
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 48.27, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 53.73, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.1426 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.153 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7412, 12.1776, 5.8675)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE383E #38AEA8

analogous

#AE3879 #AE383E #AE6D38

triadic

#AE383E #3EAE38 #383EAE

tetradic

#AE383E #79AE38 #38AEA8 #6D38AE

square

#AE383E #79AE38 #38AEA8 #6D38AE

split-complementary

#AE383E #38AE6D #3879AE

monochromatic

#511A1D #80292E #AE383E #CA595F #D9888C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#AE383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE383E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE383E	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57523D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.153 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7673',
    500: '#ae383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae383e;
$custom-light: #cd7673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51433,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE383E

secondary

#7FC3BF

accent

#DBD44D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE383E

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

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