#AE323E#AE323E

#AE323E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.160 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE323E
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 62)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 50.67, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 55.43, 23.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1503 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.16 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4677, 11.6305, 5.7763)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE323E #32AEA2

analogous

#AE327C #AE323E #AE6432

triadic

#AE323E #3EAE32 #323EAE

tetradic

#AE323E #7CAE32 #32AEA2 #6432AE

square

#AE323E #7CAE32 #32AEA2 #6432AE

split-complementary

#AE323E #32AE64 #327CAE

monochromatic

#4F171C #7E242D #AE323E #CD505C #DA8089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#AE323E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE323E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE323E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE323E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE323E	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae323e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.160 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7373',
    500: '#ae323e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae323e;
$custom-light: #cd7373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae323e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5078,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE323E

secondary

#78C4BC

accent

#DFD049

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE323E

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

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