#AE3C24#AE3C24

#AE3C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.154 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C24
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 36)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, 45.28, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 59.76, 40.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.128 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.154 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3920, 12.3606, 3.0334)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C24 #2496AE

analogous

#AE2451 #AE3C24 #AE8124

triadic

#AE3C24 #24AE3C #3C24AE

tetradic

#AE3C24 #51AE24 #2496AE #8124AE

square

#AE3C24 #51AE24 #2496AE #8124AE

split-complementary

#AE3C24 #24AE81 #2451AE

monochromatic

#49190F #7B2B1A #AE3C24 #D65439 #E1806C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#AE3C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#AE3C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C24

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C24	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)

#5D5320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.154 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7760',
    500: '#ae3c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c24;
$custom-light: #ce7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51537,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C24

secondary

#67B6C7

accent

#CBE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C24

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

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