#AE3242#AE3242

#AE3242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.159 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3242
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 50.92, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 54.74, 21.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1519 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.159 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5815, 11.6760, 6.3758)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3242 #32AE9E

analogous

#AE3280 #AE3242 #AE6032

triadic

#AE3242 #42AE32 #3242AE

tetradic

#AE3242 #80AE32 #32AE9E #6032AE

square

#AE3242 #80AE32 #32AE9E #6032AE

split-complementary

#AE3242 #32AE60 #3280AE

monochromatic

#4F171E #7E2430 #AE3242 #CD5060 #DA808C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#AE3242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE3242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3242

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3242	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)

#534F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.159 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7376',
    500: '#ae3242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3242;
$custom-light: #cd7376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50859,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3242

secondary

#78C4BA

accent

#DFCB49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3242

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

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