#AE3A24#AE3A24

#AE3A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.155 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A24
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 36)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 46.15, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 60.21, 39.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1307 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.156 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2892, 12.1550, 2.9992)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A24 #2498AE

analogous

#AE2453 #AE3A24 #AE7F24

triadic

#AE3A24 #24AE3A #3A24AE

tetradic

#AE3A24 #53AE24 #2498AE #7F24AE

square

#AE3A24 #53AE24 #2498AE #7F24AE

split-complementary

#AE3A24 #24AE7F #2453AE

monochromatic

#49180F #7B291A #AE3A24 #D65239 #E17E6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#AE3A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE3A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A24

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A24	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)

#5B5221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.155 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7660',
    500: '#ae3a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a24;
$custom-light: #ce7660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.565,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51295,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A24

secondary

#67B8C7

accent

#CEE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A24

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

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