#AE2527#AE2527

#AE2527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.173 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2527
RGBrgb(174, 37, 39)
HSLhsl(359, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(359, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.68, 54.02, 34.08)
CIE-LCHlch(38.68, 63.88, 32.25°)
OKLaboklab(49.22% 0.1559 0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(49.22% 0.173 25.7)
XYZxyz(18.4856, 10.4712, 2.9669)
Luminance0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2527 #25AEAC
analogous
#AE256C #AE2527 #AE6825
triadic
#AE2527 #27AE25 #2527AE
tetradic
#AE2527 #6CAE25 #25AEAC #6825AE
square
#AE2527 #6CAE25 #25AEAC #6825AE
split-complementary
#AE2527 #25AE68 #256CAE
monochromatic
#491010 #7C1A1C #AE2527 #D53B3D #E06D6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79
#AE2527 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09
#AE2527 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2527
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2527#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE25271.006.793.096.79
#FFFFFF6.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#504825
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#726621
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C00028
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.173 25.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6c62',
    500: '#ae2527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2527;
$custom-light: #cf6c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49223,
    "c": 0.17312,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2527
secondary
#68C6C5
accent
#E8E540
background
#FEF6F5
surface
#FCECEA
border
#D5C7C6
text
#160805
muted
#847A79

Preview Lab

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#AE2527 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva