#AE3245#AE3245

#AE3245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.159 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3245
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 69)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 51.13, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 54.30, 19.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1531 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.159 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6723, 11.7123, 6.8539)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3245 #32AE9B

analogous

#AE3283 #AE3245 #AE5D32

triadic

#AE3245 #45AE32 #3245AE

tetradic

#AE3245 #83AE32 #32AE9B #5D32AE

square

#AE3245 #83AE32 #32AE9B #5D32AE

split-complementary

#AE3245 #32AE5D #3283AE

monochromatic

#4F171F #7E2432 #AE3245 #CD5063 #DA808E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#AE3245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3245

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3245	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.159 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7378',
    500: '#ae3245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3245;
$custom-light: #cd7378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50922,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3245

secondary

#78C4B8

accent

#DFC849

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3245

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

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