#AE3A23#AE3A23

#AE3A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.156 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A23
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, 46.12, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 60.52, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% 0.1304 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.156 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2742, 12.1490, 2.9199)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A23 #2397AE

analogous

#AE2351 #AE3A23 #AE7F23

triadic

#AE3A23 #23AE3A #3A23AE

tetradic

#AE3A23 #51AE23 #2397AE #7F23AE

square

#AE3A23 #51AE23 #2397AE #7F23AE

split-complementary

#AE3A23 #23AE7F #2351AE

monochromatic

#48180F #7B2919 #AE3A23 #D75237 #E17E6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#AE3A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE3A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A23

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A23	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.156 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7660',
    500: '#ae3a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a23;
$custom-light: #cf7660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.928,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51285,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A23

secondary

#66B7C7

accent

#CDE93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A23

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

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