Mordant Red 19 (#AE0C00)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 7.36:1 — vs black: 2.85:1

Color values

HEX #AE0C00
RGB rgb(174, 12, 0)
HSL hsl(4, 100%, 34%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 93, 100, 32 )
Websafe #990000

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Tags

Mood

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #AE0C00 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Mordant Red 19
#AE0C00 Base

#00A2AE

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Mordant Red 19
#AE0C00 Base

#AE004B

#AE6300

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Mordant Red 19
#AE0C00 Base

#00AE0C

#0C00AE

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Mordant Red 19
#AE0C00 Base

#00AE63

#004BAE

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Mordant Red 19
#AE0C00 Base

#4BAE00

#00A2AE

#6300AE

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Mordant Red 19
#AE0C00 Base

#1A0200

#610700

#850900

#D70F00

#FA1100

#FF5548

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Mordant Red 19, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A0200

— #370400

— #550600

— #730800

— #900A00

Mordant Red 19 #AE0C00 Base

— #EC1000

— #FF3A2B

— #FF7469

— #FFADA7

— #FFE7E6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #AE0C00. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #AE0C00;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #AE0C00;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #AE0C00;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #AE0C00,
        #00A2AE
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #AE0C00,
        #00A2AE
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$mordant-red-19: #AE0C00;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$mordant-red-19-r: 174;
$mordant-red-19-g: 12;
$mordant-red-19-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $mordant-red-19;
    color: rgba($mordant-red-19-r, $mordant-red-19-g, $mordant-red-19-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Mordant Red 19 appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #AE0C00 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #636300 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #3F3F06 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #AE0B0B Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #565656 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Mordant Red 19 ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Mordant Red 19 #AE0C00 Base

Rufous #A81C07 ΔE 1.37

Dark Candy Apple Red #A40000 ΔE 2.42

International Orange (engineering) #BA160C ΔE 2.98

Carnelian #B31B1B ΔE 4.51

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.