#AE2830#AE2830

#AE2830 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.170 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2830
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 48)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 53.45, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 60.92, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.1561 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.17 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7500, 10.7326, 3.8801)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2830 #28AEA6

analogous

#AE2873 #AE2830 #AE6328

triadic

#AE2830 #30AE28 #2830AE

tetradic

#AE2830 #73AE28 #28AEA6 #6328AE

square

#AE2830 #73AE28 #28AEA6 #6328AE

split-complementary

#AE2830 #28AE63 #2873AE

monochromatic

#4A1115 #7C1D22 #AE2830 #D34049 #DF7278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#AE2830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AE2830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2830

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2830	1.00	6.68	3.15	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72662B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.170 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e68',
    500: '#ae2830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2830;
$custom-light: #ce6e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49595,
    "c": 0.1698,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2830

secondary

#6CC6C0

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2830

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

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