#AE3A32#AE3A32

#AE3A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.153 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A32
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 46.75, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 56.08, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1354 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.153 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5464, 12.2579, 4.3538)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A32 #32A6AE

analogous

#AE3268 #AE3A32 #AE7832

triadic

#AE3A32 #32AE3A #3A32AE

tetradic

#AE3A32 #68AE32 #32A6AE #7832AE

square

#AE3A32 #68AE32 #32A6AE #7832AE

split-complementary

#AE3A32 #32AE78 #3268AE

monochromatic

#4F1A17 #7E2A24 #AE3A32 #CD5850 #DA8680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#AE3A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#AE3A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A32

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A32	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.153 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce766a',
    500: '#ae3a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a32;
$custom-light: #ce766a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51468,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A32

secondary

#78BFC4

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A32

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

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