#AE3527#AE3527

#AE3527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.160 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3527
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 48.34, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 60.44, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1381 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.16 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0970, 11.6942, 3.1707)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3527 #27A0AE

analogous

#AE275D #AE3527 #AE7927

triadic

#AE3527 #27AE35 #3527AE

tetradic

#AE3527 #5DAE27 #27A0AE #7927AE

square

#AE3527 #5DAE27 #27A0AE #7927AE

split-complementary

#AE3527 #27AE79 #275DAE

monochromatic

#4A1711 #7C261C #AE3527 #D44E3E #DF7C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#AE3527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3527

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3527	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)

#584F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.160 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7462',
    500: '#ae3527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3527;
$custom-light: #cf7462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50753,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3527

secondary

#6BBCC6

accent

#D5E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3527

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

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