#AE272D#AE272D

#AE272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.171 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE272D
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.97, 53.64, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.97, 61.88, 29.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.47% 0.156 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(49.47% 0.171 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6569, 10.6421, 3.5539)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE272D #27AEA8

analogous

#AE2771 #AE272D #AE6427

triadic

#AE272D #2DAE27 #272DAE

tetradic

#AE272D #71AE27 #27AEA8 #6427AE

square

#AE272D #71AE27 #27AEA8 #6427AE

split-complementary

#AE272D #27AE64 #2771AE

monochromatic

#4A1113 #7C1C20 #AE272D #D43E45 #DF7075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#AE272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#AE272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE272D

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE272D	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.171 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d66',
    500: '#ae272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae272d;
$custom-light: #cf6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49466,
    "c": 0.1709,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE272D

secondary

#6BC6C2

accent

#E6DF41

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE272D

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

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