#AE282B#AE282B

#AE282B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.170 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE282B
RGBrgb(174, 40, 43)
HSLhsl(359, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(359, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(39.06, 53.24, 32.15)
CIE-LCHlch(39.06, 62.19, 31.13°)
OKLaboklab(49.52% 0.1543 0.0721)
OKLCHoklch(49.52% 0.17 25)
XYZxyz(18.6526, 10.6936, 3.3670)
Luminance0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE282B #28AEAB
analogous
#AE286E #AE282B #AE6828
triadic
#AE282B #2BAE28 #282BAE
tetradic
#AE282B #6EAE28 #28AEAB #6828AE
square
#AE282B #6EAE28 #28AEAB #6828AE
split-complementary
#AE282B #28AE68 #286EAE
monochromatic
#4A1112 #7C1D1F #AE282B #D34043 #DF7274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69
#AE282B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14
#AE282B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE282B
6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE282B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE282B1.006.693.146.69
#FFFFFF6.691.0021.001.00
#0000003.1421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#51492A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#726626
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0002B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.170 25.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e64',
    500: '#ae282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae282b;
$custom-light: #cf6e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.657,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49524,
    "c": 0.17032,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.10691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE282B
secondary
#6CC6C4
accent
#E6E242
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEDEB
border
#D4C8C6
text
#150805
muted
#837B7A

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#AE282B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva