#AE3223#AE3223

#AE3223 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.163 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3223
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 49.38, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 62.30, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.1405 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.163 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9017, 11.4041, 2.7957)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3223 #239FAE

analogous

#AE2359 #AE3223 #AE7723

triadic

#AE3223 #23AE32 #3223AE

tetradic

#AE3223 #59AE23 #239FAE #7723AE

square

#AE3223 #59AE23 #239FAE #7723AE

split-complementary

#AE3223 #23AE77 #2359AE

monochromatic

#48150F #7B2319 #AE3223 #D74937 #E1776A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AE3223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AE3223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3223

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3223	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.163 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf725f',
    500: '#ae3223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3223;
$custom-light: #cf725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.475,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50386,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3223

secondary

#66BDC7

accent

#D7E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3223

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

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