#AE3826#AE3826

#AE3826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3826
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 47.07, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 60.05, 38.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% 0.1339 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.157 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2218, 11.9698, 3.1316)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3826 #269CAE

analogous

#AE2658 #AE3826 #AE7C26

triadic

#AE3826 #26AE38 #3826AE

tetradic

#AE3826 #58AE26 #269CAE #7C26AE

square

#AE3826 #58AE26 #269CAE #7C26AE

split-complementary

#AE3826 #26AE7C #2658AE

monochromatic

#4A1810 #7C281B #AE3826 #D5513D #E07E6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE3826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3826

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3826	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)

#5A5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7562',
    500: '#ae3826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3826;
$custom-light: #ce7562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51081,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3826

secondary

#6ABAC6

accent

#D1E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3826

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

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