#AE3D32#AE3D32

#AE3D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.150 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3D32
RGB	rgb(174, 61, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 45.45, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 55.31, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1313 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.15 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7021, 12.5692, 4.4056)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3D32 #32A3AE

analogous

#AE3265 #AE3D32 #AE7B32

triadic

#AE3D32 #32AE3D #3D32AE

tetradic

#AE3D32 #65AE32 #32A3AE #7B32AE

square

#AE3D32 #65AE32 #32A3AE #7B32AE

split-complementary

#AE3D32 #32AE7B #3265AE

monochromatic

#4F1C17 #7E2C24 #AE3D32 #CD5B50 #DA8880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#AE3D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#AE3D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3D32

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3D32	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF213B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 61, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.150 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd786a',
    500: '#ae3d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3d32;
$custom-light: #cd786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51831,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3D32

secondary

#78BDC4

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3D32

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

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