#AE3526#AE3526

#AE3526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.160 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3526
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 38)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.72, 48.30, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.72, 60.73, 37.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1378 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.16 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0807, 11.6877, 3.0846)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3526 #269FAE

analogous

#AE265B #AE3526 #AE7926

triadic

#AE3526 #26AE35 #3526AE

tetradic

#AE3526 #5BAE26 #269FAE #7926AE

square

#AE3526 #5BAE26 #269FAE #7926AE

split-complementary

#AE3526 #26AE79 #265BAE

monochromatic

#4A1610 #7C261B #AE3526 #D54D3D #E07B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#AE3526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3526

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3526	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.160 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7461',
    500: '#ae3526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3526;
$custom-light: #cf7461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.618,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50742,
    "c": 0.15973,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3526

secondary

#6ABCC6

accent

#D5E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3526

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

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