#AE2A23#AE2A23

#AE2A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.170 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A23
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 52.28, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 64.00, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.1496 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.17 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5891, 10.7789, 2.6915)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A23 #23A7AE

analogous

#AE2361 #AE2A23 #AE6F23

triadic

#AE2A23 #23AE2A #2A23AE

tetradic

#AE2A23 #61AE23 #23A7AE #6F23AE

square

#AE2A23 #61AE23 #23A7AE #6F23AE

split-complementary

#AE2A23 #23AE6F #2361AE

monochromatic

#48110F #7B1E19 #AE2A23 #D73F37 #E1706A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#AE2A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE2A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A23

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A23	1.00	6.66	3.16	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.170 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e5f',
    500: '#ae2a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a23;
$custom-light: #cf6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49604,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A23

secondary

#66C2C7

accent

#E1E93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A23

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

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