#AE3522#AE3522

#AE3522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3522
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 48.16, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 61.94, 38.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% 0.1365 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.16 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0196, 11.6632, 2.7628)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3522 #229BAE

analogous

#AE2255 #AE3522 #AE7B22

triadic

#AE3522 #22AE35 #3522AE

tetradic

#AE3522 #55AE22 #229BAE #7B22AE

square

#AE3522 #55AE22 #229BAE #7B22AE

split-complementary

#AE3522 #22AE7B #2255AE

monochromatic

#48160E #7B2518 #AE3522 #D84C36 #E27969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#AE3522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE3522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3522

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3522	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)

#584F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf745f',
    500: '#ae3522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3522;
$custom-light: #cf745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50699,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3522

secondary

#64BAC7

accent

#D3EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3522

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

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