#AE3233#AE3233

#AE3233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.161 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3233
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 51)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 50.05, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 57.84, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.146 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.161 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1958, 11.5217, 4.3445)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3233 #32AEAD

analogous

#AE3271 #AE3233 #AE6F32

triadic

#AE3233 #33AE32 #3233AE

tetradic

#AE3233 #71AE32 #32AEAD #6F32AE

square

#AE3233 #71AE32 #32AEAD #6F32AE

split-complementary

#AE3233 #32AE6F #3271AE

monochromatic

#4F1717 #7E2425 #AE3233 #CD5051 #DA8081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#AE3233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#AE3233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3233

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3233	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.161 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce726b',
    500: '#ae3233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3233;
$custom-light: #ce726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50591,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3233

secondary

#78C4C3

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3233

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

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