#AE2421#AE2421

#AE2421 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.175 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2421
RGBrgb(174, 36, 33)
HSLhsl(1, 68%, 41%)
HSVhsv(1, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.3%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.50, 54.12, 37.33)
CIE-LCHlch(38.50, 65.74, 34.59°)
OKLaboklab(49.08% 0.155 0.0804)
OKLCHoklch(49.08% 0.175 27.4)
XYZxyz(18.3632, 10.3732, 2.4739)
Luminance0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2421 #21ABAE
analogous
#AE2164 #AE2421 #AE6B21
triadic
#AE2421 #21AE24 #2421AE
tetradic
#AE2421 #64AE21 #21ABAE #6B21AE
square
#AE2421 #64AE21 #21ABAE #6B21AE
split-complementary
#AE2421 #21AE6B #2164AE
monochromatic
#470F0D #7B1917 #AE2421 #D83734 #E26A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83
#AE2421 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07
#AE2421 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2421
6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2421#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE24211.006.833.076.83
#FFFFFF6.831.0021.001.00
#0000003.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.831.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#50471F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#72651A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C00025
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 36, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.175 27.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06c5d',
    500: '#ae2421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2421;
$custom-light: #d06c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49075,
    "c": 0.17458,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2421
secondary
#63C6C8
accent
#E7EB3D
background
#FEF6F5
surface
#FCECE9
border
#D5C7C5
text
#160804
muted
#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2421

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#AE2421 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva