#AE3731#AE3731

#AE3731 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.156 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3731
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 47.96, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 57.11, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.139 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.156 27)
XYZ	xyz(19.3782, 11.9556, 4.1924)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3731 #31A8AE

analogous

#AE3169 #AE3731 #AE7531

triadic

#AE3731 #31AE37 #3731AE

tetradic

#AE3731 #69AE31 #31A8AE #7531AE

square

#AE3731 #69AE31 #31A8AE #7531AE

split-complementary

#AE3731 #31AE75 #3169AE

monochromatic

#4E1916 #7E2824 #AE3731 #CD554F #DB837F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE3731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3731 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3731

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3731	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58512F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.156 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7569',
    500: '#ae3731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3731;
$custom-light: #ce7569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51106,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.11953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3731

secondary

#77C0C4

accent

#D8DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3731

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

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