#AE342C#AE342C

#AE342C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE342C
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 44)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.64, 48.95, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.64, 59.22, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.141 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.16 28)
XYZ	xyz(19.1403, 11.6394, 3.6212)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE342C #2CA6AE

analogous

#AE2C65 #AE342C #AE752C

triadic

#AE342C #2CAE34 #342CAE

tetradic

#AE342C #65AE2C #2CA6AE #752CAE

square

#AE342C #65AE2C #2CA6AE #752CAE

split-complementary

#AE342C #2CAE75 #2C65AE

monochromatic

#4C1713 #7D2520 #AE342C #D04F47 #DD7E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#AE342C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE342C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE342C

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE342C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE342C	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae342c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7366',
    500: '#ae342c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae342c;
$custom-light: #ce7366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae342c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50705,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.11637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE342C

secondary

#71C0C5

accent

#D9E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE342C

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

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