#AE3528#AE3528

#AE3528 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.159 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3528
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 40)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 48.38, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 60.14, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1384 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.159 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1138, 11.7009, 3.2591)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3528 #28A1AE

analogous

#AE285E #AE3528 #AE7828

triadic

#AE3528 #28AE35 #3528AE

tetradic

#AE3528 #5EAE28 #28A1AE #7828AE

square

#AE3528 #5EAE28 #28A1AE #7828AE

split-complementary

#AE3528 #28AE78 #285EAE

monochromatic

#4A1711 #7C261D #AE3528 #D34E40 #DF7C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#AE3528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3528

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3528	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)

#584F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.159 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7463',
    500: '#ae3528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3528;
$custom-light: #ce7463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.821,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50764,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3528

secondary

#6CBDC6

accent

#D6E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3528

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

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