#AE3B28#AE3B28

#AE3B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.154 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3B28
RGB	rgb(174, 59, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 45.87, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 58.75, 38.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1306 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.154 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4047, 12.2826, 3.3561)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3B28 #289BAE

analogous

#AE2858 #AE3B28 #AE7E28

triadic

#AE3B28 #28AE3B #3B28AE

tetradic

#AE3B28 #58AE28 #289BAE #7E28AE

square

#AE3B28 #58AE28 #289BAE #7E28AE

split-complementary

#AE3B28 #28AE7E #2858AE

monochromatic

#4A1911 #7C2A1D #AE3B28 #D35540 #DF8172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#AE3B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#AE3B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3B28

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3B28	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 59, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.154 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7763',
    500: '#ae3b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3b28;
$custom-light: #ce7763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51458,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3B28

secondary

#6CB9C6

accent

#CEE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3B28

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

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