#AE3F21#AE3F21

#AE3F21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.151 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3F21
RGB	rgb(174, 63, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 43.84, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 60.04, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.123 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.151 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5098, 12.6663, 2.8561)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3F21 #2190AE

analogous

#AE2149 #AE3F21 #AE8521

triadic

#AE3F21 #21AE3F #3F21AE

tetradic

#AE3F21 #49AE21 #2190AE #8521AE

square

#AE3F21 #49AE21 #2190AE #8521AE

split-complementary

#AE3F21 #21AE85 #2149AE

monochromatic

#471A0D #7B2C17 #AE3F21 #D85734 #E28167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#AE3F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE3F21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3F21

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3F21	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 63, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.151 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce795f',
    500: '#ae3f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3f21;
$custom-light: #ce795f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51884,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3F21

secondary

#63B2C8

accent

#C6EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3F21

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

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