#AE2927#AE2927

#AE2927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.170 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2927
RGBrgb(174, 41, 39)
HSLhsl(1, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(1, 78%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(39.13, 52.75, 34.57)
CIE-LCHlch(39.13, 63.07, 33.24°)
OKLaboklab(49.56% 0.1519 0.0763)
OKLCHoklch(49.56% 0.17 26.7)
XYZxyz(18.6169, 10.7340, 3.0107)
Luminance0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2927 #27ACAE
analogous
#AE2769 #AE2927 #AE6D27
triadic
#AE2927 #27AE29 #2927AE
tetradic
#AE2927 #69AE27 #27ACAE #6D27AE
square
#AE2927 #69AE27 #27ACAE #6D27AE
split-complementary
#AE2927 #27AE6D #2769AE
monochromatic
#4A1111 #7C1D1C #AE2927 #D4413E #DF7270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67
#AE2927 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15
#AE2927 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2927
6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2927#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE29271.006.673.156.67
#FFFFFF6.671.0021.001.00
#0000003.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#524A25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#736722
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0002A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 41, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.170 26.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e62',
    500: '#ae2927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2927;
$custom-light: #cf6e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4956,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2927
secondary
#6BC5C6
accent
#E4E641
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FBEDEA
border
#D4C8C6
text
#160805
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2927

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#AE2927 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva