#AE3028#AE3028

#AE3028 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.164 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3028
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.03, 50.32, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.03, 61.28, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1445 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.164 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8977, 11.2687, 3.1871)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3028 #28A6AE

analogous

#AE2863 #AE3028 #AE7328

triadic

#AE3028 #28AE30 #3028AE

tetradic

#AE3028 #63AE28 #28A6AE #7328AE

square

#AE3028 #63AE28 #28A6AE #7328AE

split-complementary

#AE3028 #28AE73 #2863AE

monochromatic

#4A1511 #7C221D #AE3028 #D34940 #DF7872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#AE3028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#AE3028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3028

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3028	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)

#554D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.164 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7163',
    500: '#ae3028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3028;
$custom-light: #cf7163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50235,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3028

secondary

#6CC0C6

accent

#DCE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3028

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

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