#AE2523#AE2523

#AE2523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.174 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2523
RGBrgb(174, 37, 35)
HSLhsl(1, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(1, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.63, 53.88, 36.33)
CIE-LCHlch(38.63, 64.99, 33.99°)
OKLaboklab(49.18% 0.1546 0.0789)
OKLCHoklch(49.18% 0.174 27)
XYZxyz(18.4227, 10.4461, 2.6361)
Luminance0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2523 #23ACAE
analogous
#AE2366 #AE2523 #AE6A23
triadic
#AE2523 #23AE25 #2523AE
tetradic
#AE2523 #66AE23 #23ACAE #6A23AE
square
#AE2523 #66AE23 #23ACAE #6A23AE
split-complementary
#AE2523 #23AE6A #2366AE
monochromatic
#480F0F #7B1A19 #AE2523 #D73A37 #E16C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80
#AE2523 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09
#AE2523 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2523
6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2523#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE25231.006.803.096.80
#FFFFFF6.801.0021.001.00
#0000003.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.801.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#504821
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#72661D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C00027
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.174 27.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6c5f',
    500: '#ae2523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2523;
$custom-light: #cf6c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49176,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.10443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2523
secondary
#66C6C7
accent
#E7E93E
background
#FEF6F5
surface
#FCECE9
border
#D5C7C5
text
#160804
muted
#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2523

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#AE2523 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva