#AE2720#AE2720

#AE2720 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.172 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2720
RGBrgb(174, 39, 32)
HSLhsl(3, 69%, 40%)
HSVhsv(3, 82%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.6%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.82, 53.16, 38.19)
CIE-LCHlch(38.82, 65.46, 35.69°)
OKLaboklab(49.31% 0.1518 0.0819)
OKLCHoklch(49.31% 0.172 28.4)
XYZxyz(18.4440, 10.5569, 2.4328)
Luminance0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2720 #20A7AE
analogous
#AE2060 #AE2720 #AE6E20
triadic
#AE2720 #20AE27 #2720AE
tetradic
#AE2720 #60AE20 #20A7AE #6E20AE
square
#AE2720 #60AE20 #20A7AE #6E20AE
split-complementary
#AE2720 #20AE6E #2060AE
monochromatic
#47100D #7A1B16 #AE2720 #D93A32 #E36C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75
#AE2720 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11
#AE2720 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2720
6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2720#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE27201.006.753.116.75
#FFFFFF6.751.0021.001.00
#0000003.1121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#51491D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#726619
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C00027
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.172 28.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d5d',
    500: '#ae2720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2720;
$custom-light: #d06d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.958,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4931,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2720
secondary
#62C3C8
accent
#E3EC3C
background
#FEF6F5
surface
#FCECE9
border
#D5C7C5
text
#160804
muted
#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2720

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#AE2720 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva