#AE3230#AE3230

#AE3230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.161 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3230
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, 49.91, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 58.61, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1449 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.161 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1318, 11.4961, 4.0073)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3230 #30ACAE

analogous

#AE306D #AE3230 #AE7130

triadic

#AE3230 #30AE32 #3230AE

tetradic

#AE3230 #6DAE30 #30ACAE #7130AE

square

#AE3230 #6DAE30 #30ACAE #7130AE

split-complementary

#AE3230 #30AE71 #306DAE

monochromatic

#4E1616 #7E2423 #AE3230 #CE4F4D #DB7F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#AE3230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#AE3230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3230

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3230	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.161 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7268',
    500: '#ae3230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3230;
$custom-light: #ce7268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.952,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50547,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3230

secondary

#76C3C4

accent

#DEE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3230

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

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