#AE2A28#AE2A28

#AE2A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.169 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A28
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 52.46, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 62.58, 33.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1512 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.169 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6687, 10.8107, 3.1108)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A28 #28ACAE

analogous

#AE2869 #AE2A28 #AE6D28

triadic

#AE2A28 #28AE2A #2A28AE

tetradic

#AE2A28 #69AE28 #28ACAE #6D28AE

square

#AE2A28 #69AE28 #28ACAE #6D28AE

split-complementary

#AE2A28 #28AE6D #2869AE

monochromatic

#4A1211 #7C1E1D #AE2A28 #D34240 #DF7372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#AE2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A28

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A28	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.169 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f62',
    500: '#ae2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a28;
$custom-light: #cf6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49661,
    "c": 0.16905,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A28

secondary

#6CC4C6

accent

#E3E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A28

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

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