#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
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 53.24, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 62.19, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% 0.1543 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.17 25)
XYZ	xyz(18.6526, 10.6936, 3.3670)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##AE282B	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE282B

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

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