#AE2823#AE2823

#AE2823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.171 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2823
RGBrgb(174, 40, 35)
HSLhsl(2, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(2, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.97, 52.94, 36.68)
CIE-LCHlch(38.97, 64.40, 34.72°)
OKLaboklab(49.43% 0.1517 0.0796)
OKLCHoklch(49.43% 0.171 27.7)
XYZxyz(18.5200, 10.6405, 2.6685)
Luminance0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2823 #23A9AE
analogous
#AE2363 #AE2823 #AE6D23
triadic
#AE2823 #23AE28 #2823AE
tetradic
#AE2823 #63AE23 #23A9AE #6D23AE
square
#AE2823 #63AE23 #23A9AE #6D23AE
split-complementary
#AE2823 #23AE6D #2363AE
monochromatic
#48110F #7B1C19 #AE2823 #D73D37 #E16F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71
#AE2823 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13
#AE2823 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2823
6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2823#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE28231.006.713.136.71
#FFFFFF6.711.0021.001.00
#0000003.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#524921
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#73661D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C00029
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.171 27.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e5f',
    500: '#ae2823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2823;
$custom-light: #cf6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49427,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2823
secondary
#66C4C7
accent
#E3E93E
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FCEDE9
border
#D5C8C5
text
#160804
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2823

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#AE2823 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva