#AE372A#AE372A

#AE372A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE372A
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 47.65, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 59.09, 36.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.1365 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.157 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2418, 11.9011, 3.4740)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE372A #2AA1AE

analogous

#AE2A5F #AE372A #AE792A

triadic

#AE372A #2AAE37 #372AAE

tetradic

#AE372A #5FAE2A #2AA1AE #792AAE

square

#AE372A #5FAE2A #2AA1AE #792AAE

split-complementary

#AE372A #2AAE79 #2A5FAE

monochromatic

#4B1812 #7D271E #AE372A #D25143 #DE7F75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#AE372A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AE372A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE372A

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE372A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE372A	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae372a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7564',
    500: '#ae372a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae372a;
$custom-light: #ce7564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae372a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51013,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE372A

secondary

#6FBDC5

accent

#D4E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE372A

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

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