#AE3227#AE3227

#AE3227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.162 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3227
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 49.52, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 61.12, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.1418 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.162 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9646, 11.4292, 3.1265)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3227 #27A3AE

analogous

#AE2760 #AE3227 #AE7627

triadic

#AE3227 #27AE32 #3227AE

tetradic

#AE3227 #60AE27 #27A3AE #7627AE

square

#AE3227 #60AE27 #27A3AE #7627AE

split-complementary

#AE3227 #27AE76 #2760AE

monochromatic

#4A1511 #7C241C #AE3227 #D44B3E #DF7970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#AE3227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AE3227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3227

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3227	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.162 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7262',
    500: '#ae3227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3227;
$custom-light: #cf7262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5043,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3227

secondary

#6BBFC6

accent

#D9E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3227

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

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