#AE4232#AE4232

#AE4232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.145 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4232
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 50)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 43.18, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 54.05, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1242 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.145 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9816, 13.1281, 4.4988)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4232 #329EAE

analogous

#AE3260 #AE4232 #AE8032

triadic

#AE4232 #32AE42 #4232AE

tetradic

#AE4232 #60AE32 #329EAE #8032AE

square

#AE4232 #60AE32 #329EAE #8032AE

split-complementary

#AE4232 #32AE80 #3260AE

monochromatic

#4F1E17 #7E3024 #AE4232 #CD6050 #DA8C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AE4232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE4232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4232

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4232	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.145 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b6a',
    500: '#ae4232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4232;
$custom-light: #cd7b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5247,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4232

secondary

#78BAC4

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4232

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

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