#AE3A27#AE3A27

#AE3A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.155 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A27
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.49, 46.26, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.49, 59.29, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1316 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.155 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3370, 12.1741, 3.2507)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A27 #279BAE

analogous

#AE2758 #AE3A27 #AE7D27

triadic

#AE3A27 #27AE3A #3A27AE

tetradic

#AE3A27 #58AE27 #279BAE #7D27AE

square

#AE3A27 #58AE27 #279BAE #7D27AE

split-complementary

#AE3A27 #27AE7D #2758AE

monochromatic

#4A1911 #7C291C #AE3A27 #D4533E #DF8070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#AE3A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#AE3A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A27

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A27	1.00	6.11	3.43	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.155 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7662',
    500: '#ae3a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a27;
$custom-light: #ce7662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51327,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A27

secondary

#6BB9C6

accent

#CFE641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A27

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

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