#AE3A25#AE3A25

#AE3A25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.155 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A25
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 37)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 46.19, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 59.90, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.131 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.155 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3047, 12.1612, 3.0807)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A25 #2599AE

analogous

#AE2555 #AE3A25 #AE7F25

triadic

#AE3A25 #25AE3A #3A25AE

tetradic

#AE3A25 #55AE25 #2599AE #7F25AE

square

#AE3A25 #55AE25 #2599AE #7F25AE

split-complementary

#AE3A25 #25AE7F #2555AE

monochromatic

#491810 #7C291A #AE3A25 #D5533B #E07F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#AE3A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE3A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A25

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A25	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)

#5B5222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.155 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7661',
    500: '#ae3a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a25;
$custom-light: #ce7661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.197,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51305,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A25

secondary

#68B8C6

accent

#CEE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A25

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

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