#AE2834#AE2834

#AE2834 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.169 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2834
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 52)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 53.64, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 59.99, 26.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1576 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.169 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8363, 10.7671, 4.3346)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2834 #28AEA2

analogous

#AE2877 #AE2834 #AE5F28

triadic

#AE2834 #34AE28 #2834AE

tetradic

#AE2834 #77AE28 #28AEA2 #5F28AE

square

#AE2834 #77AE28 #28AEA2 #5F28AE

split-complementary

#AE2834 #28AE5F #2877AE

monochromatic

#4A1116 #7C1D25 #AE2834 #D3404D #DF727C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#AE2834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AE2834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2834

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2834	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.169 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e6b',
    500: '#ae2834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2834;
$custom-light: #ce6e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49658,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2834

secondary

#6CC6BE

accent

#E6D742

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2834

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

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