#AE3C27#AE3C27

#AE3C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.153 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3C27
RGB	rgb(174, 60, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 45.40, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 58.83, 39.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1289 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.153 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4398, 12.3797, 3.2850)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3C27 #2799AE

analogous

#AE2756 #AE3C27 #AE8027

triadic

#AE3C27 #27AE3C #3C27AE

tetradic

#AE3C27 #56AE27 #2799AE #8027AE

square

#AE3C27 #56AE27 #2799AE #8027AE

split-complementary

#AE3C27 #27AE80 #2756AE

monochromatic

#4A1A11 #7C2B1C #AE3C27 #D4563E #DF8270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#AE3C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#AE3C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3C27

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3C27	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 60, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.153 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7762',
    500: '#ae3c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3c27;
$custom-light: #ce7762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51569,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3C27

secondary

#6BB8C6

accent

#CDE641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3C27

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

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