#AE3525#AE3525

#AE3525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3525
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 37)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 48.27, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 61.03, 37.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1374 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.16 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0648, 11.6813, 3.0008)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3525 #259EAE

analogous

#AE255A #AE3525 #AE7A25

triadic

#AE3525 #25AE35 #3525AE

tetradic

#AE3525 #5AAE25 #259EAE #7A25AE

square

#AE3525 #5AAE25 #259EAE #7A25AE

split-complementary

#AE3525 #25AE7A #255AAE

monochromatic

#491610 #7C261A #AE3525 #D54D3B #E07B6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#AE3525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3525

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3525	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7461',
    500: '#ae3525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3525;
$custom-light: #cf7461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.007,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50731,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3525

secondary

#68BBC6

accent

#D4E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3525

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

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