#AE323C#AE323C

#AE323C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE323C
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 60)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 50.55, 23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 55.81, 25.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1495 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.16 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4138, 11.6089, 5.4926)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE323C #32AEA4

analogous

#AE327A #AE323C #AE6632

triadic

#AE323C #3CAE32 #323CAE

tetradic

#AE323C #7AAE32 #32AEA4 #6632AE

square

#AE323C #7AAE32 #32AEA4 #6632AE

split-complementary

#AE323C #32AE66 #327AAE

monochromatic

#4F171B #7E242C #AE323C #CD505A #DA8087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#AE323C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#AE323C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE323C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE323C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE323C	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae323c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7371',
    500: '#ae323c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae323c;
$custom-light: #cd7371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae323c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50743,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE323C

secondary

#78C4BD

accent

#DFD349

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE323C

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

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