#AE3225#AE3225

#AE3225 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.163 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3225
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 37)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, 49.45, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 61.71, 36.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1411 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.163 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9323, 11.4163, 2.9566)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3225 #25A1AE

analogous

#AE255D #AE3225 #AE7725

triadic

#AE3225 #25AE32 #3225AE

tetradic

#AE3225 #5DAE25 #25A1AE #7725AE

square

#AE3225 #5DAE25 #25A1AE #7725AE

split-complementary

#AE3225 #25AE77 #255DAE

monochromatic

#491510 #7C231A #AE3225 #D54A3B #E0786D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AE3225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AE3225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3225

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3225	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)

#574E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.163 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7261',
    500: '#ae3225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3225;
$custom-light: #cf7261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.693,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50407,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3225

secondary

#68BEC6

accent

#D8E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3225

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

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