#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
RGBrgb(174, 42, 40)
HSLhsl(1, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(1, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(39.26, 52.46, 34.13)
CIE-LCHlch(39.26, 62.58, 33.05°)
OKLaboklab(49.66% 0.1512 0.0756)
OKLCHoklch(49.66% 0.169 26.6)
XYZxyz(18.6687, 10.8107, 3.1108)
Luminance0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##AE2A281.006.643.166.64
#FFFFFF6.641.0021.001.00
#0000003.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.641.0021.001.00

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

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#AE2A28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva