#AE382A#AE382A

#AE382A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.156 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE382A
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 47.23, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 58.85, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.1352 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.156 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2898, 11.9970, 3.4900)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE382A #2AA0AE

analogous

#AE2A5E #AE382A #AE7A2A

triadic

#AE382A #2AAE38 #382AAE

tetradic

#AE382A #5EAE2A #2AA0AE #7A2AAE

square

#AE382A #5EAE2A #2AA0AE #7A2AAE

split-complementary

#AE382A #2AAE7A #2A5EAE

monochromatic

#4B1812 #7D281E #AE382A #D25343 #DE8075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#AE382A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#AE382A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE382A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE382A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE382A	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)

#5A5128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae382a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.156 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7564',
    500: '#ae382a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae382a;
$custom-light: #ce7564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae382a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51127,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE382A

secondary

#6FBCC5

accent

#D3E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE382A

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

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