#AE3241#AE3241

#AE3241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.159 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3241
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 65)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 50.86, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 54.91, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.1515 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.159 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5523, 11.6643, 6.2219)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3241 #32AE9F

analogous

#AE327F #AE3241 #AE6132

triadic

#AE3241 #41AE32 #3241AE

tetradic

#AE3241 #7FAE32 #32AE9F #6132AE

square

#AE3241 #7FAE32 #32AE9F #6132AE

split-complementary

#AE3241 #32AE61 #327FAE

monochromatic

#4F171D #7E242F #AE3241 #CD505F #DA808B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#AE3241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE3241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3241

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3241	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.159 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7375',
    500: '#ae3241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3241;
$custom-light: #cd7375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50839,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3241

secondary

#78C4BA

accent

#DFCD49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3241

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

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