#AE323A#AE323A

#AE323A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE323A
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 58)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 50.43, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 56.22, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.1487 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.16 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3619, 11.5882, 5.2194)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE323A #32AEA6

analogous

#AE3278 #AE323A #AE6832

triadic

#AE323A #3AAE32 #323AAE

tetradic

#AE323A #78AE32 #32AEA6 #6832AE

square

#AE323A #78AE32 #32AEA6 #6832AE

split-complementary

#AE323A #32AE68 #3278AE

monochromatic

#4F171A #7E242A #AE323A #CD5058 #DA8086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#AE323A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#AE323A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE323A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE323A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE323A	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae323a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7370',
    500: '#ae323a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae323a;
$custom-light: #cd7370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae323a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50707,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE323A

secondary

#78C4BF

accent

#DFD549

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE323A

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

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