#AE3628#AE3628

#AE3628 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3628
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 40)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 47.98, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 59.91, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.1371 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.158 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1599, 11.7931, 3.2745)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3628 #28A0AE

analogous

#AE285D #AE3628 #AE7928

triadic

#AE3628 #28AE36 #3628AE

tetradic

#AE3628 #5DAE28 #28A0AE #7928AE

square

#AE3628 #5DAE28 #28A0AE #7928AE

split-complementary

#AE3628 #28AE79 #285DAE

monochromatic

#4A1711 #7C271D #AE3628 #D34F40 #DF7D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AE3628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE3628 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3628

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3628	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7463',
    500: '#ae3628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3628;
$custom-light: #ce7463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.269,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50876,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3628

secondary

#6CBCC6

accent

#D5E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3628

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

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