#AE3027#AE3027

#AE3027 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.164 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3027
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 50.28, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 61.56, 35.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.1442 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.164 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8809, 11.2620, 3.0987)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3027 #27A5AE

analogous

#AE2762 #AE3027 #AE7427

triadic

#AE3027 #27AE30 #3027AE

tetradic

#AE3027 #62AE27 #27A5AE #7427AE

square

#AE3027 #62AE27 #27A5AE #7427AE

split-complementary

#AE3027 #27AE74 #2762AE

monochromatic

#4A1411 #7C221C #AE3027 #D4483E #DF7870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#AE3027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#AE3027 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3027

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3027	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.164 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7162',
    500: '#ae3027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3027;
$custom-light: #cf7162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50223,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3027

secondary

#6BC0C6

accent

#DBE641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3027

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

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