#AE362B#AE362B

#AE362B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE362B
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 43)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 48.10, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 59.03, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1381 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.158 29)
XYZ	xyz(19.2129, 11.8143, 3.5537)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE362B #2BA3AE

analogous

#AE2B62 #AE362B #AE772B

triadic

#AE362B #2BAE36 #362BAE

tetradic

#AE362B #62AE2B #2BA3AE #772BAE

square

#AE362B #62AE2B #2BA3AE #772BAE

split-complementary

#AE362B #2BAE77 #2B62AE

monochromatic

#4C1813 #7D271F #AE362B #D15145 #DD7F76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AE362B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE362B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE362B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE362B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE362B	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)

#585029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae362b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7465',
    500: '#ae362b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae362b;
$custom-light: #ce7465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae362b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.038,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50912,
    "c": 0.15794,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE362B

secondary

#70BEC5

accent

#D6E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE362B

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

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