#AE372D#AE372D

#AE372D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE372D
RGBrgb(174, 55, 45)
HSLhsl(5, 59%, 43%)
HSVhsv(5, 74%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.4%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(41.09, 47.78, 33.27)
CIE-LCHlch(41.09, 58.22, 34.85°)
OKLaboklab(51.05% 0.1375 0.075)
OKLCHoklch(51.05% 0.157 28.6)
XYZxyz(19.2975, 11.9233, 3.7674)
Luminance0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE372D #2DA4AE
analogous
#AE2D63 #AE372D #AE772D
triadic
#AE372D #2DAE37 #372DAE
tetradic
#AE372D #63AE2D #2DA4AE #772DAE
square
#AE372D #63AE2D #2DA4AE #772DAE
split-complementary
#AE372D #2DAE77 #2D63AE
monochromatic
#4D1814 #7D2820 #AE372D #D05348 #DC8179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21
#AE372D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38
#AE372D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE372D
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE372D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE372D1.006.213.386.21
#FFFFFF6.211.0021.001.00
#0000003.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#59502B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#766A29
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF1236
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae372d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 28.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7566',
    500: '#ae372d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae372d;
$custom-light: #ce7566;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae372d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.651,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51051,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE372D
secondary
#72BEC4
accent
#D6E246
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEDEB
border
#D4C8C6
text
#150906
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

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#AE372D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva