#AE2A2C#AE2A2C

#AE2A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.169 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A2C
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 52.62, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 61.50, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.1526 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.169 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7403, 10.8394, 3.4878)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A2C #2AAEAC

analogous

#AE2A6E #AE2A2C #AE6A2A

triadic

#AE2A2C #2CAE2A #2A2CAE

tetradic

#AE2A2C #6EAE2A #2AAEAC #6A2AAE

square

#AE2A2C #6EAE2A #2AAEAC #6A2AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A2C #2AAE6A #2A6EAE

monochromatic

#4B1213 #7D1E20 #AE2A2C #D24346 #DE7576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#AE2A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A2C

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A2C	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.169 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f65',
    500: '#ae2a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a2c;
$custom-light: #cf6f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49713,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A2C

secondary

#6FC5C4

accent

#E4E244

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A2C

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

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