#AE2A27#AE2A27

#AE2A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.169 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A27
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.25, 52.42, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.25, 62.86, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1509 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.169 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6519, 10.8040, 3.0223)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A27 #27ABAE

analogous

#AE2768 #AE2A27 #AE6E27

triadic

#AE2A27 #27AE2A #2A27AE

tetradic

#AE2A27 #68AE27 #27ABAE #6E27AE

square

#AE2A27 #68AE27 #27ABAE #6E27AE

split-complementary

#AE2A27 #27AE6E #2768AE

monochromatic

#4A1211 #7C1E1C #AE2A27 #D4423E #DF7370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#AE2A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE2A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A27

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A27	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)

#524A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.169 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f62',
    500: '#ae2a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a27;
$custom-light: #cf6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49649,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A27

secondary

#6BC4C6

accent

#E3E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A27

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

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