#AE2A29#AE2A29

#AE2A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.169 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A29
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 52.49, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 62.31, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.1515 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.169 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6860, 10.8176, 3.2015)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A29 #29ADAE

analogous

#AE296B #AE2A29 #AE6D29

triadic

#AE2A29 #29AE2A #2A29AE

tetradic

#AE2A29 #6BAE29 #29ADAE #6D29AE

square

#AE2A29 #6BAE29 #29ADAE #6D29AE

split-complementary

#AE2A29 #29AE6D #296BAE

monochromatic

#4B1212 #7C1E1D #AE2A29 #D24342 #DE7473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#AE2A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE2A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A29

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A29	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)

#524A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.169 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f63',
    500: '#ae2a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a29;
$custom-light: #cf6f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.451,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49674,
    "c": 0.16892,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A29

secondary

#6DC5C5

accent

#E4E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A29

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

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