#AE3A21#AE3A21

#AE3A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.156 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A21
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 33)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 46.05, 40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 61.14, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.1298 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.156 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2453, 12.1374, 2.7679)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A21 #2195AE

analogous

#AE214F #AE3A21 #AE8021

triadic

#AE3A21 #21AE3A #3A21AE

tetradic

#AE3A21 #4FAE21 #2195AE #8021AE

square

#AE3A21 #4FAE21 #2195AE #8021AE

split-complementary

#AE3A21 #21AE80 #214FAE

monochromatic

#47180D #7B2917 #AE3A21 #D85134 #E27D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#AE3A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE3A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A21

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A21	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C511D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.156 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf765e',
    500: '#ae3a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a21;
$custom-light: #cf765e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51265,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A21

secondary

#63B6C8

accent

#CCEB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A21

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

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