#AE3824#AE3824

#AE3824 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3824
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 36)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 47.00, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 60.66, 39.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1333 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.157 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1904, 11.9572, 2.9662)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3824 #249AAE

analogous

#AE2455 #AE3824 #AE7D24

triadic

#AE3824 #24AE38 #3824AE

tetradic

#AE3824 #55AE24 #249AAE #7D24AE

square

#AE3824 #55AE24 #249AAE #7D24AE

split-complementary

#AE3824 #24AE7D #2455AE

monochromatic

#49170F #7B281A #AE3824 #D65039 #E17D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE3824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3824

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3824	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)

#5A5121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7560',
    500: '#ae3824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3824;
$custom-light: #cf7560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5106,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3824

secondary

#67B9C7

accent

#D0E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3824

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

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