Rusty Red `#AF2F0D`

Rusty Red (#AF2F0D) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 34°, lightness 0.5 and chroma 0.17. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#AF2F0D`
RGB	`rgb(175, 47, 13)`
HSL	`hsl(13, 86%, 37%)`
HSV	`hsv(13, 93%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 73%, 93%, 31%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(39.9 50.3 47.9)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.501 0.170 34)`

How Rusty Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Rusty Red is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #af2a07 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #b22e0a — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #af2f0d — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #b0300e — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Rusty Red in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.49:1 and against black 3.24:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Rusty Red

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#fe9880 · #db6c51 · #af2f0d · #881c00 · #520b00 · #240000

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#bb7413 · #b65500 · #af2f0d · #961b2f · #7a0c3c · #5d0340

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d8ba76 · #c69700 · #977d41 · #af2f0d · #841b00 · #590d00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00dbfd · #a0796f · #af2f0d · #6e2f21 · #4a1408 · #240300

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e1f6fc · #cbafa8 · #728184 · #af2f0d · #5f433c · #000407

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f8 · #bdced2 · #90a2a7 · #132c32 · #000a0e · #af2f0d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dbf8ff · #0acbeb · #008da4 · #af2f0d · #005463 · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d0d9b4 · #78badd · #689e93 · #af2f0d · #465543 · #180c03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d8fde3 · #66cf8e · #6270e0 · #af2f0d · #363e97 · #000601

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eaf8d3 · #a3c55e · #008da4 · #af2f0d · #5d2f88 · #000407

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#C25238 · #D4725A · #E5907B · #F5AE9C · #FFCEC2

Shades

#952000 · #791800 · #5F0F00 · #450700 · #2E0200

Muted

#A1412A · #934D3C · #83574C

Using Rusty Red

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.