#AE3E2C#AE3E2C

#AE3E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.150 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E2C
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 44.72, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 56.83, 38.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1278 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.15 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6349, 12.6286, 3.7860)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E2C #2C9CAE

analogous

#AE2C5B #AE3E2C #AE7F2C

triadic

#AE3E2C #2CAE3E #3E2CAE

tetradic

#AE3E2C #5BAE2C #2C9CAE #7F2CAE

square

#AE3E2C #5BAE2C #2C9CAE #7F2CAE

split-complementary

#AE3E2C #2CAE7F #2C5BAE

monochromatic

#4C1B13 #7D2D20 #AE3E2C #D05A47 #DD8678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#AE3E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E2C

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E2C	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF213A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.150 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7966',
    500: '#ae3e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e2c;
$custom-light: #ce7966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51876,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E2C

secondary

#71B9C5

accent

#CDE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E2C

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

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