#AE3D28#AE3D28

#AE3D28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.152 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3D28
RGB	rgb(174, 61, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 45.00, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 58.29, 39.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1278 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.152 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5094, 12.4922, 3.3910)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3D28 #2899AE

analogous

#AE2856 #AE3D28 #AE8028

triadic

#AE3D28 #28AE3D #3D28AE

tetradic

#AE3D28 #56AE28 #2899AE #8028AE

square

#AE3D28 #56AE28 #2899AE #8028AE

split-complementary

#AE3D28 #28AE80 #2856AE

monochromatic

#4A1A11 #7C2C1D #AE3D28 #D35740 #DF8372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AE3D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3D28

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3D28	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF1F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 61, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.152 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7863',
    500: '#ae3d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3d28;
$custom-light: #ce7863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.403,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51704,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3D28

secondary

#6CB8C6

accent

#CCE642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3D28

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

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