#AE2829#AE2829

#AE2829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.171 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2829
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(360, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.03, 53.16, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.03, 62.73, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.1536 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.171 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6168, 10.6793, 3.1784)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2829 #28AEAD

analogous

#AE286C #AE2829 #AE6A28

triadic

#AE2829 #29AE28 #2829AE

tetradic

#AE2829 #6CAE28 #28AEAD #6A28AE

square

#AE2829 #6CAE28 #28AEAD #6A28AE

split-complementary

#AE2829 #28AE6A #286CAE

monochromatic

#4A1112 #7C1D1D #AE2829 #D34041 #DF7273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#AE2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AE2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2829

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2829	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.171 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e63',
    500: '#ae2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2829;
$custom-light: #cf6e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49498,
    "c": 0.17055,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2829

secondary

#6CC6C5

accent

#E6E442

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2829

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

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