#AE3529#AE3529

#AE3529 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.159 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3529
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 41)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 48.42, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 59.85, 35.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1387 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.159 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1311, 11.7078, 3.3499)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3529 #29A2AE

analogous

#AE295F #AE3529 #AE7829

triadic

#AE3529 #29AE35 #3529AE

tetradic

#AE3529 #5FAE29 #29A2AE #7829AE

square

#AE3529 #5FAE29 #29A2AE #7829AE

split-complementary

#AE3529 #29AE78 #295FAE

monochromatic

#4B1712 #7C261D #AE3529 #D24F42 #DE7D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#AE3529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#AE3529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3529

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3529	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)

#584F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.159 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7463',
    500: '#ae3529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3529;
$custom-light: #ce7463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.414,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50776,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3529

secondary

#6DBDC5

accent

#D6E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3529

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

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