#AE3236#AE3236

#AE3236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.160 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3236
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 50.21, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 57.11, 28.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.1471 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.16 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2641, 11.5491, 4.7041)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3236 #32AEAA

analogous

#AE3274 #AE3236 #AE6C32

triadic

#AE3236 #36AE32 #3236AE

tetradic

#AE3236 #74AE32 #32AEAA #6C32AE

square

#AE3236 #74AE32 #32AEAA #6C32AE

split-complementary

#AE3236 #32AE6C #3274AE

monochromatic

#4F1718 #7E2427 #AE3236 #CD5054 #DA8083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#AE3236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#AE3236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3236

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3236	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)

#554F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.160 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce726d',
    500: '#ae3236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3236;
$custom-light: #ce726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50639,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3236

secondary

#78C4C1

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3236

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

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