#AE393B#AE393B

#AE393B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE393B
RGB	rgb(174, 57, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 47.67, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 54.09, 28.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1401 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.153 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7101, 12.2435, 5.4622)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE393B #39AEAC

analogous

#AE3976 #AE393B #AE7139

triadic

#AE393B #3BAE39 #393BAE

tetradic

#AE393B #76AE39 #39AEAC #7139AE

square

#AE393B #76AE39 #39AEAC #7139AE

split-complementary

#AE393B #39AE71 #3976AE

monochromatic

#521B1C #802A2B #AE393B #C95B5D #D8898A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#AE393B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#AE393B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE393B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE393B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE393B	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58523A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae393b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 57, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7671',
    500: '#ae393b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae393b;
$custom-light: #cd7671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae393b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.974,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51494,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE393B

secondary

#80C3C1

accent

#DAD84E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE393B

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

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