#AE3421#AE3421

#AE3421 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.162 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3421
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 48.53, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 62.46, 39.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.1375 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.162 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9603, 11.5673, 2.6729)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3421 #219BAE

analogous

#AE2154 #AE3421 #AE7A21

triadic

#AE3421 #21AE34 #3421AE

tetradic

#AE3421 #54AE21 #219BAE #7A21AE

square

#AE3421 #54AE21 #219BAE #7A21AE

split-complementary

#AE3421 #21AE7A #2154AE

monochromatic

#47150D #7B2517 #AE3421 #D84A34 #E27867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#AE3421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#AE3421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3421

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3421	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.162 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf735e',
    500: '#ae3421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3421;
$custom-light: #cf735e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5058,
    "c": 0.16151,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3421

secondary

#63BAC8

accent

#D4EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3421

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

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