#AE3323#AE3323

#AE3323 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.162 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3323
RGB	rgb(174, 51, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 48.99, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 62.08, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.1393 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.162 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9450, 11.4906, 2.8101)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3323 #239EAE

analogous

#AE2359 #AE3323 #AE7823

triadic

#AE3323 #23AE33 #3323AE

tetradic

#AE3323 #59AE23 #239EAE #7823AE

square

#AE3323 #59AE23 #239EAE #7823AE

split-complementary

#AE3323 #23AE78 #2359AE

monochromatic

#48150F #7B2419 #AE3323 #D74A37 #E1786A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#AE3323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#AE3323 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3323

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3323	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 51, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.162 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf735f',
    500: '#ae3323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3323;
$custom-light: #cf735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.906,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50492,
    "c": 0.16206,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3323

secondary

#66BCC7

accent

#D6E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3323

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

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