#AE3727#AE3727

#AE3727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3727
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 47.53, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 59.98, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1355 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.158 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1901, 11.8804, 3.2017)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3727 #279EAE

analogous

#AE275B #AE3727 #AE7B27

triadic

#AE3727 #27AE37 #3727AE

tetradic

#AE3727 #5BAE27 #279EAE #7B27AE

square

#AE3727 #5BAE27 #279EAE #7B27AE

split-complementary

#AE3727 #27AE7B #275BAE

monochromatic

#4A1711 #7C271C #AE3727 #D4503E #DF7D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#AE3727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AE3727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3727

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3727	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7562',
    500: '#ae3727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3727;
$custom-light: #ce7562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50977,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3727

secondary

#6BBBC6

accent

#D3E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3727

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

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