#AE3A28#AE3A28

#AE3A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.155 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3A28
RGB	rgb(174, 58, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 46.30, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 58.98, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1319 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.155 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3538, 12.1808, 3.3391)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3A28 #289CAE

analogous

#AE2859 #AE3A28 #AE7D28

triadic

#AE3A28 #28AE3A #3A28AE

tetradic

#AE3A28 #59AE28 #289CAE #7D28AE

square

#AE3A28 #59AE28 #289CAE #7D28AE

split-complementary

#AE3A28 #28AE7D #2859AE

monochromatic

#4A1911 #7C291D #AE3A28 #D35440 #DF8072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#AE3A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE3A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3A28

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3A28	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 58, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.155 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7663',
    500: '#ae3a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3a28;
$custom-light: #ce7663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51338,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3A28

secondary

#6CBAC6

accent

#D0E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3A28

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

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