#AE3C23#AE3C23

#AE3C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.154 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C23
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 45.25, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 60.07, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1277 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.154 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3770, 12.3546, 2.9541)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C23 #2395AE

analogous

#AE2350 #AE3C23 #AE8123

triadic

#AE3C23 #23AE3C #3C23AE

tetradic

#AE3C23 #50AE23 #2395AE #8123AE

square

#AE3C23 #50AE23 #2395AE #8123AE

split-complementary

#AE3C23 #23AE81 #2350AE

monochromatic

#48190F #7B2A19 #AE3C23 #D75437 #E1806A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#AE3C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#AE3C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C23

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C23	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D531F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.154 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7760',
    500: '#ae3c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c23;
$custom-light: #ce7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.791,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51527,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C23

secondary

#66B6C7

accent

#CBE93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C23

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

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