Palettes / Colors / #AE331E

#AE331E — Red

#AE331E is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color Brown (#A52A2A). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: brown (#A52A2A) — not an exact match. CSS brown gives you #A52A2A, a different color; use #AE331E when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AE331E is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1E99AE; it also sits naturally between #AE1E50 and #AE7C1E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 20% · Blue 12%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 71% · Yellow 83% · Key 32%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #AE331E

.text { color: #AE331E; }
.background { background-color: #AE331E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AE331E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 51, 30); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 71%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AE331E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 51, 30, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AE331E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 51, 30, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AE331E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AE331E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AE331E

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1E99AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AE331E: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AE331E

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #AE331E looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AE331E rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AE331D  ·  #AE331F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AE331E?

#AE331E is Red, a red color (RGB 174, 51, 30). Its closest standard named color is Brown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AE331E?

#AE331E is RGB 174, 51, 30 — HSL 9°, 71%, 40% — CMYK 0%, 71%, 83%, 32%.

What colors go with #AE331E?

Its complement is #1E99AE; analogous partners are #AE1E50 and #AE7C1E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AE331E for text?

White text on #AE331E has a contrast ratio of 6.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.29:1.