#AE3A26#AE3A26

#AE3A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.155 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A26
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 38)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 46.22, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 59.59, 39.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1313 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.155 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3206, 12.1676, 3.1646)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A26 #269AAE

analogous

#AE2656 #AE3A26 #AE7E26

triadic

#AE3A26 #26AE3A #3A26AE

tetradic

#AE3A26 #56AE26 #269AAE #7E26AE

square

#AE3A26 #56AE26 #269AAE #7E26AE

split-complementary

#AE3A26 #26AE7E #2656AE

monochromatic

#4A1910 #7C291B #AE3A26 #D5533D #E07F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#AE3A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE3A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A26

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A26	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)

#5B5223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.155 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7662',
    500: '#ae3a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a26;
$custom-light: #ce7662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51316,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A26

secondary

#6AB9C6

accent

#CFE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A26

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

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