#AE3E24#AE3E24

#AE3E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.152 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E24
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 36)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 44.40, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 59.31, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1252 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.152 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4988, 12.5741, 3.0690)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E24 #2494AE

analogous

#AE244F #AE3E24 #AE8324

triadic

#AE3E24 #24AE3E #3E24AE

tetradic

#AE3E24 #4FAE24 #2494AE #8324AE

square

#AE3E24 #4FAE24 #2494AE #8324AE

split-complementary

#AE3E24 #24AE83 #244FAE

monochromatic

#491A0F #7B2C1A #AE3E24 #D65739 #E1826C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#AE3E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#AE3E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E24

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E24	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)

#5E5420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.152 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7861',
    500: '#ae3e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e24;
$custom-light: #ce7861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.304,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51786,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E24

secondary

#67B5C7

accent

#C9E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E24

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

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