#AE3B1C#AE3B1C

#AE3B1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.156 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3B1C
RGB	rgb(174, 59, 28)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 83.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 45.46, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 62.45, 43.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1271 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.156 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2313, 12.2133, 2.4431)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3B1C #1C8FAE

analogous

#AE1C46 #AE3B1C #AE841C

triadic

#AE3B1C #1CAE3B #3B1CAE

tetradic

#AE3B1C #46AE1C #1C8FAE #841CAE

square

#AE3B1C #46AE1C #1C8FAE #841CAE

split-complementary

#AE3B1C #1CAE84 #1C46AE

monochromatic

#45170B #792914 #AE3B1C #DD502A #E57C5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#AE3B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#AE3B1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3B1C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3B1C	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 59, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.156 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf775b',
    500: '#ae3b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3b1c;
$custom-light: #cf775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.74,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51342,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3B1C

secondary

#5CB2CA

accent

#C8EF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3B1C

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

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