#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
RGBrgb(174, 58, 33)
HSLhsl(11, 68%, 41%)
HSVhsv(11, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(41.43, 46.05, 40.22)
CIE-LCHlch(41.43, 61.14, 41.13°)
OKLaboklab(51.27% 0.1298 0.0867)
OKLCHoklch(51.27% 0.156 33.8)
XYZxyz(19.2453, 12.1374, 2.7679)
Luminance0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##AE3A211.006.133.436.13
#FFFFFF6.131.0021.001.00
#0000003.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.131.0021.001.00

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

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#AE3A21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva