#AE3244#AE3244

#AE3244 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.159 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3244
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 68)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 51.06, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 54.44, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.1527 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.159 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6415, 11.7000, 6.6918)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3244 #32AE9C

analogous

#AE3282 #AE3244 #AE5E32

triadic

#AE3244 #44AE32 #3244AE

tetradic

#AE3244 #82AE32 #32AE9C #5E32AE

square

#AE3244 #82AE32 #32AE9C #5E32AE

split-complementary

#AE3244 #32AE5E #3282AE

monochromatic

#4F171F #7E2431 #AE3244 #CD5062 #DA808D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#AE3244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3244

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3244	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.159 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7377',
    500: '#ae3244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3244;
$custom-light: #cd7377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.29,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50901,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3244

secondary

#78C4B9

accent

#DFC949

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3244

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

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