#AE3825#AE3825

#AE3825 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3825
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 47.04, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 60.36, 38.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1336 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.157 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2058, 11.9634, 3.0478)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3825 #259BAE

analogous

#AE2557 #AE3825 #AE7D25

triadic

#AE3825 #25AE38 #3825AE

tetradic

#AE3825 #57AE25 #259BAE #7D25AE

square

#AE3825 #57AE25 #259BAE #7D25AE

split-complementary

#AE3825 #25AE7D #2557AE

monochromatic

#491810 #7C281A #AE3825 #D5503B #E07D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE3825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3825

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3825	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)

#5A5122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7561',
    500: '#ae3825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3825;
$custom-light: #ce7561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.321,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5107,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3825

secondary

#68B9C6

accent

#D1E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3825

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

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