#AE3829#AE3829

#AE3829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.156 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3829
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 41)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 47.19, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 59.15, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1349 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.156 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2721, 11.9900, 3.3969)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3829 #299FAE

analogous

#AE295D #AE3829 #AE7B29

triadic

#AE3829 #29AE38 #3829AE

tetradic

#AE3829 #5DAE29 #299FAE #7B29AE

square

#AE3829 #5DAE29 #299FAE #7B29AE

split-complementary

#AE3829 #29AE7B #295DAE

monochromatic

#4B1812 #7C281D #AE3829 #D25242 #DE7F73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#AE3829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#AE3829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3829

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3829	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.156 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7564',
    500: '#ae3829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3829;
$custom-light: #ce7564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.767,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51115,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3829

secondary

#6DBBC5

accent

#D3E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3829

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

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