#AE2A30#AE2A30

#AE2A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A30
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 52.79, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 60.48, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.154 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.168 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8192, 10.8709, 3.9031)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A30 #2AAEA8

analogous

#AE2A72 #AE2A30 #AE662A

triadic

#AE2A30 #30AE2A #2A30AE

tetradic

#AE2A30 #72AE2A #2AAEA8 #662AAE

square

#AE2A30 #72AE2A #2AAEA8 #662AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A30 #2AAE66 #2A72AE

monochromatic

#4B1215 #7D1E22 #AE2A30 #D2434A #DE757A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AE2A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A30

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A30	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f68',
    500: '#ae2a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a30;
$custom-light: #ce6f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4977,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A30

secondary

#6FC5C1

accent

#E4DD44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A30

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

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