#AE262D#AE262D

#AE262D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.172 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE262D
RGB	rgb(174, 38, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 53.95, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 62.09, 29.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.157 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.172 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6245, 10.5773, 3.5431)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE262D #26AEA7

analogous

#AE2671 #AE262D #AE6326

triadic

#AE262D #2DAE26 #262DAE

tetradic

#AE262D #71AE26 #26AEA7 #6326AE

square

#AE262D #71AE26 #26AEA7 #6326AE

split-complementary

#AE262D #26AE63 #2671AE

monochromatic

#4A1013 #7C1B20 #AE262D #D53D44 #E06F75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#AE262D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE262D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE262D

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE262D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE262D	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae262d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 38, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.172 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d66',
    500: '#ae262d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae262d;
$custom-light: #cf6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae262d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.912,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49383,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE262D

secondary

#6AC6C1

accent

#E7DF41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE262D

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

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