#AE3524#AE3524

#AE3524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3524
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 48.23, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 61.33, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.1371 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.16 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0493, 11.6751, 2.9192)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3524 #249DAE

analogous

#AE2458 #AE3524 #AE7A24

triadic

#AE3524 #24AE35 #3524AE

tetradic

#AE3524 #58AE24 #249DAE #7A24AE

square

#AE3524 #58AE24 #249DAE #7A24AE

split-complementary

#AE3524 #24AE7A #2458AE

monochromatic

#49160F #7B261A #AE3524 #D64C39 #E17A6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#AE3524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#AE3524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3524

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3524	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)

#584F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7460',
    500: '#ae3524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3524;
$custom-light: #cf7460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5072,
    "c": 0.16009,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3524

secondary

#67BBC7

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3524

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

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