#AE282A#AE282A

#AE282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.170 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE282A
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.05, 53.20, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.05, 62.46, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.154 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.17 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6345, 10.6863, 3.2715)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE282A #28AEAC

analogous

#AE286D #AE282A #AE6928

triadic

#AE282A #2AAE28 #282AAE

tetradic

#AE282A #6DAE28 #28AEAC #6928AE

square

#AE282A #6DAE28 #28AEAC #6928AE

split-complementary

#AE282A #28AE69 #286DAE

monochromatic

#4A1112 #7C1D1E #AE282A #D34042 #DF7273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#AE282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AE282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE282A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE282A	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)

#514928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.170 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e64',
    500: '#ae282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae282a;
$custom-light: #cf6e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49511,
    "c": 0.17043,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE282A

secondary

#6CC6C4

accent

#E6E342

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE282A

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

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