#AE3E32#AE3E32

#AE3E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.149 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E32
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 45.01, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 55.06, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1299 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.149 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7560, 12.6770, 4.4236)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E32 #32A2AE

analogous

#AE3264 #AE3E32 #AE7C32

triadic

#AE3E32 #32AE3E #3E32AE

tetradic

#AE3E32 #64AE32 #32A2AE #7C32AE

square

#AE3E32 #64AE32 #32A2AE #7C32AE

split-complementary

#AE3E32 #32AE7C #3264AE

monochromatic

#4F1C17 #7E2D24 #AE3E32 #CD5C50 #DA8980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AE3E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E32

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E32	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF223C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.149 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd796a',
    500: '#ae3e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e32;
$custom-light: #cd796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51956,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E32

secondary

#78BCC4

accent

#D0DF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E32

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

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