#AE3240#AE3240

#AE3240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.160 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3240
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 50.80, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 55.07, 22.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.1511 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.16 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5236, 11.6528, 6.0707)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3240 #32AEA0

analogous

#AE327E #AE3240 #AE6232

triadic

#AE3240 #40AE32 #3240AE

tetradic

#AE3240 #7EAE32 #32AEA0 #6232AE

square

#AE3240 #7EAE32 #32AEA0 #6232AE

split-complementary

#AE3240 #32AE62 #327EAE

monochromatic

#4F171D #7E242F #AE3240 #CD505E #DA808A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#AE3240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE3240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3240

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3240	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)

#534F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.160 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7374',
    500: '#ae3240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3240;
$custom-light: #cd7374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.226,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50819,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3240

secondary

#78C4BB

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3240

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

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