#AE2A26#AE2A26

#AE2A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.169 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A26
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 52.38, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 63.14, 33.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1505 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.169 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6356, 10.7975, 2.9362)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A26 #26AAAE

analogous

#AE2666 #AE2A26 #AE6E26

triadic

#AE2A26 #26AE2A #2A26AE

tetradic

#AE2A26 #66AE26 #26AAAE #6E26AE

square

#AE2A26 #66AE26 #26AAAE #6E26AE

split-complementary

#AE2A26 #26AE6E #2666AE

monochromatic

#4A1210 #7C1E1B #AE2A26 #D5413D #E0726F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#AE2A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE2A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A26

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A26	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)

#524A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.169 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f61',
    500: '#ae2a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a26;
$custom-light: #cf6f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49637,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A26

secondary

#6AC3C6

accent

#E2E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A26

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

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