#AE3521#AE3521

#AE3521 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.161 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3521
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 48.13, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 62.24, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.1362 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.161 32)
XYZ	xyz(19.0054, 11.6576, 2.6880)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3521 #219AAE

analogous

#AE2153 #AE3521 #AE7C21

triadic

#AE3521 #21AE35 #3521AE

tetradic

#AE3521 #53AE21 #219AAE #7C21AE

square

#AE3521 #53AE21 #219AAE #7C21AE

split-complementary

#AE3521 #21AE7C #2153AE

monochromatic

#47160D #7B2517 #AE3521 #D84B34 #E27967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#AE3521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE3521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3521

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3521	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.161 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf745e',
    500: '#ae3521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3521;
$custom-light: #cf745e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.511,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50689,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.11655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3521

secondary

#63B9C8

accent

#D2EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3521

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

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