#AE3E23#AE3E23

#AE3E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.152 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E23
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 44.36, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 59.63, 41.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1249 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.152 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4837, 12.5681, 2.9897)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E23 #2393AE

analogous

#AE234D #AE3E23 #AE8323

triadic

#AE3E23 #23AE3E #3E23AE

tetradic

#AE3E23 #4DAE23 #2393AE #8323AE

square

#AE3E23 #4DAE23 #2393AE #8323AE

split-complementary

#AE3E23 #23AE83 #234DAE

monochromatic

#481A0F #7B2C19 #AE3E23 #D75637 #E1816A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#AE3E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#AE3E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E23

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E23	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.152 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7860',
    500: '#ae3e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e23;
$custom-light: #ce7860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.655,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51776,
    "c": 0.15198,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E23

secondary

#66B4C7

accent

#C8E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E23

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

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