#AE2840#AE2840

#AE2840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.169 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2840
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, 54.31, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 57.76, 19.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1623 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.169 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1418, 10.8893, 5.9434)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2840 #28AE96

analogous

#AE2883 #AE2840 #AE5328

triadic

#AE2840 #40AE28 #2840AE

tetradic

#AE2840 #83AE28 #28AE96 #5328AE

square

#AE2840 #83AE28 #28AE96 #5328AE

split-complementary

#AE2840 #28AE53 #2883AE

monochromatic

#4A111B #7C1D2E #AE2840 #D3405A #DF7285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#AE2840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2840

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2840	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.169 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6e74',
    500: '#ae2840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2840;
$custom-light: #cd6e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.254,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49879,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2840

secondary

#6CC6B6

accent

#E6C842

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2840

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

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