#AE272F#AE272F

#AE272F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.171 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE272F
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 53.73, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 61.38, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.1568 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.171 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6963, 10.6579, 3.7615)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE272F #27AEA6

analogous

#AE2773 #AE272F #AE6227

triadic

#AE272F #2FAE27 #272FAE

tetradic

#AE272F #73AE27 #27AEA6 #6227AE

square

#AE272F #73AE27 #27AEA6 #6227AE

split-complementary

#AE272F #27AE62 #2773AE

monochromatic

#4A1114 #7C1C21 #AE272F #D43E47 #DF7077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#AE272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#AE272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE272F

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE272F	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)

#50492E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.171 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d67',
    500: '#ae272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae272f;
$custom-light: #cf6d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49495,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE272F

secondary

#6BC6C1

accent

#E6DD41

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE272F

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

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