#AE3235#AE3235

#AE3235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.160 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3235
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 50.16, 27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 57.35, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.1468 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.16 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2409, 11.5398, 4.5817)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3235 #32AEAB

analogous

#AE3273 #AE3235 #AE6D32

triadic

#AE3235 #35AE32 #3235AE

tetradic

#AE3235 #73AE32 #32AEAB #6D32AE

square

#AE3235 #73AE32 #32AEAB #6D32AE

split-complementary

#AE3235 #32AE6D #3273AE

monochromatic

#4F1718 #7E2427 #AE3235 #CD5053 #DA8082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#AE3235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#AE3235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3235

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3235	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.160 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce726c',
    500: '#ae3235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3235;
$custom-light: #ce726c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50623,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3235

secondary

#78C4C2

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3235

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

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