#AE2928#AE2928

#AE2928 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.170 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2928
RGB	rgb(174, 41, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.14, 52.79, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.14, 62.79, 32.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.1523 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.17 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6337, 10.7407, 3.0991)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2928 #28ADAE

analogous

#AE286A #AE2928 #AE6C28

triadic

#AE2928 #28AE29 #2928AE

tetradic

#AE2928 #6AAE28 #28ADAE #6C28AE

square

#AE2928 #6AAE28 #28ADAE #6C28AE

split-complementary

#AE2928 #28AE6C #286AAE

monochromatic

#4A1211 #7C1D1D #AE2928 #D34140 #DF7372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#AE2928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AE2928 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2928

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2928	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 41, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.170 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e62',
    500: '#ae2928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2928;
$custom-light: #cf6e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.448,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49572,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2928

secondary

#6CC5C6

accent

#E4E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2928

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

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