#AE372C#AE372C

#AE372C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE372C
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 44)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 47.73, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 58.50, 35.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1372 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.157 29)
XYZ	xyz(19.2785, 11.9157, 3.6672)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE372C #2CA3AE

analogous

#AE2C62 #AE372C #AE782C

triadic

#AE372C #2CAE37 #372CAE

tetradic

#AE372C #62AE2C #2CA3AE #782CAE

square

#AE372C #62AE2C #2CA3AE #782CAE

split-complementary

#AE372C #2CAE78 #2C62AE

monochromatic

#4C1813 #7D2820 #AE372C #D05247 #DD8078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#AE372C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#AE372C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE372C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE372C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE372C	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)

#59502A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae372c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7566',
    500: '#ae372c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae372c;
$custom-light: #ce7566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae372c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51038,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE372C

secondary

#71BEC5

accent

#D5E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE372C

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

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