#AE3F26#AE3F26

#AE3F26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.150 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3F26
RGB	rgb(174, 63, 38)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 44.02, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 58.46, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1244 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.15 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5851, 12.6964, 3.2527)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3F26 #2695AE

analogous

#AE2651 #AE3F26 #AE8326

triadic

#AE3F26 #26AE3F #3F26AE

tetradic

#AE3F26 #51AE26 #2695AE #8326AE

square

#AE3F26 #51AE26 #2695AE #8326AE

split-complementary

#AE3F26 #26AE83 #2651AE

monochromatic

#4A1B10 #7C2D1B #AE3F26 #D5593D #E0846F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#AE3F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#AE3F26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3F26

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3F26	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0223A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 63, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.150 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7962',
    500: '#ae3f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3f26;
$custom-light: #ce7962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.029,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51934,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3F26

secondary

#6AB5C6

accent

#C9E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3F26

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

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