#AE3724#AE3724

#AE3724 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.158 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3724
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 47.41, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 60.89, 38.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.1346 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.158 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1424, 11.8613, 2.9502)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3724 #249BAE

analogous

#AE2456 #AE3724 #AE7C24

triadic

#AE3724 #24AE37 #3724AE

tetradic

#AE3724 #56AE24 #249BAE #7C24AE

square

#AE3724 #56AE24 #249BAE #7C24AE

split-complementary

#AE3724 #24AE7C #2456AE

monochromatic

#49170F #7B271A #AE3724 #D64F39 #E17C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AE3724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AE3724 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3724

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3724	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.158 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7560',
    500: '#ae3724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3724;
$custom-light: #cf7560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50945,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3724

secondary

#67BAC7

accent

#D1E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3724

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

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