#AE383F#AE383F

#AE383F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE383F
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 63)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 48.34, 23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 53.53, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.143 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.153 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7689, 12.1887, 6.0133)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE383F #38AEA7

analogous

#AE387A #AE383F #AE6C38

triadic

#AE383F #3FAE38 #383FAE

tetradic

#AE383F #7AAE38 #38AEA7 #6C38AE

square

#AE383F #7AAE38 #38AEA7 #6C38AE

split-complementary

#AE383F #38AE6C #387AAE

monochromatic

#511A1D #80292E #AE383F #CA5960 #D9888D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#AE383F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE383F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE383F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE383F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE383F	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)

#57523E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae383f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7674',
    500: '#ae383f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae383f;
$custom-light: #cd7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae383f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.441,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51451,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE383F

secondary

#7FC3BF

accent

#DBD24D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE383F

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

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