#AE2A25#AE2A25

#AE2A25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.169 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A25
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 52.35, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 63.43, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.1502 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.169 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6197, 10.7911, 2.8524)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A25 #25A9AE

analogous

#AE2565 #AE2A25 #AE6F25

triadic

#AE2A25 #25AE2A #2A25AE

tetradic

#AE2A25 #65AE25 #25A9AE #6F25AE

square

#AE2A25 #65AE25 #25A9AE #6F25AE

split-complementary

#AE2A25 #25AE6F #2565AE

monochromatic

#491210 #7C1E1A #AE2A25 #D5413B #E0726D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#AE2A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE2A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A25

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A25	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.169 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6e60',
    500: '#ae2a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a25;
$custom-light: #cf6e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.19,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49626,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A25

secondary

#68C3C6

accent

#E2E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A25

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

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