#AE2623#AE2623

#AE2623 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.173 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2623
RGB	rgb(174, 38, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.74, 53.57, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.74, 64.80, 34.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% 0.1537 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.173 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4543, 10.5092, 2.6466)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2623 #23ABAE

analogous

#AE2365 #AE2623 #AE6B23

triadic

#AE2623 #23AE26 #2623AE

tetradic

#AE2623 #65AE23 #23ABAE #6B23AE

square

#AE2623 #65AE23 #23ABAE #6B23AE

split-complementary

#AE2623 #23AE6B #2365AE

monochromatic

#48100F #7B1B19 #AE2623 #D73B37 #E16D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#AE2623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#AE2623 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2623

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2623	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 38, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.173 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d5f',
    500: '#ae2623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2623;
$custom-light: #cf6d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49258,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2623

secondary

#66C5C7

accent

#E6E93E

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160804

muted

#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2623

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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