#AE342D#AE342D

#AE342D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.159 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE342D
RGB	rgb(174, 52, 45)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 48.99, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 58.94, 33.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.1414 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.159 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1593, 11.6470, 3.7214)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE342D #2DA7AE

analogous

#AE2D66 #AE342D #AE742D

triadic

#AE342D #2DAE34 #342DAE

tetradic

#AE342D #66AE2D #2DA7AE #742DAE

square

#AE342D #66AE2D #2DA7AE #742DAE

split-complementary

#AE342D #2DAE74 #2D66AE

monochromatic

#4D1714 #7D2520 #AE342D #D05048 #DC7E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#AE342D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE342D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE342D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE342D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE342D	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)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae342d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 52, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.159 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7366',
    500: '#ae342d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae342d;
$custom-light: #ce7366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae342d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.256,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50718,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE342D

secondary

#72C0C4

accent

#DAE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE342D

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

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