#AE3833#AE3833

#AE3833 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.155 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3833
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 51)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 47.65, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 56.32, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1384 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.155 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4694, 12.0688, 4.4357)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3833 #33A9AE

analogous

#AE336C #AE3833 #AE7633

triadic

#AE3833 #33AE38 #3833AE

tetradic

#AE3833 #6CAE33 #33A9AE #7633AE

square

#AE3833 #6CAE33 #33A9AE #7633AE

split-complementary

#AE3833 #33AE76 #336CAE

monochromatic

#4F1A17 #7F2925 #AE3833 #CC5752 #DA8581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#AE3833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#AE3833 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3833

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3833	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.155 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce756b',
    500: '#ae3833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3833;
$custom-light: #ce756b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.439,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51249,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3833

secondary

#79C0C3

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3833

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

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