#AE372B#AE372B

#AE372B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE372B
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 43)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 47.69, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 58.79, 35.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1369 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.157 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2599, 11.9083, 3.5694)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE372B #2BA2AE

analogous

#AE2B61 #AE372B #AE782B

triadic

#AE372B #2BAE37 #372BAE

tetradic

#AE372B #61AE2B #2BA2AE #782BAE

square

#AE372B #61AE2B #2BA2AE #782BAE

split-complementary

#AE372B #2BAE78 #2B61AE

monochromatic

#4C1813 #7D271F #AE372B #D15245 #DD8076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#AE372B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AE372B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE372B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE372B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE372B	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)

#595029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae372b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7565',
    500: '#ae372b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae372b;
$custom-light: #ce7565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae372b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.496,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51025,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE372B

secondary

#70BDC5

accent

#D5E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE372B

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

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