#AE3827#AE3827

#AE3827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.157 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3827
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 47.11, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 59.75, 37.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1342 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.157 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2381, 11.9763, 3.2177)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3827 #279DAE

analogous

#AE2759 #AE3827 #AE7C27

triadic

#AE3827 #27AE38 #3827AE

tetradic

#AE3827 #59AE27 #279DAE #7C27AE

square

#AE3827 #59AE27 #279DAE #7C27AE

split-complementary

#AE3827 #27AE7C #2759AE

monochromatic

#4A1811 #7C281C #AE3827 #D4513E #DF7E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#AE3827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3827

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3827	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)

#5A5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.157 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7562',
    500: '#ae3827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3827;
$custom-light: #ce7562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51092,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3827

secondary

#6BBAC6

accent

#D2E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3827

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

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