#AE2A31#AE2A31

#AE2A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A31
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 52.84, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 60.24, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.1544 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.168 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8400, 10.8792, 4.0130)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A31 #2AAEA7

analogous

#AE2A73 #AE2A31 #AE652A

triadic

#AE2A31 #31AE2A #2A31AE

tetradic

#AE2A31 #73AE2A #2AAEA7 #652AAE

square

#AE2A31 #73AE2A #2AAEA7 #652AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A31 #2AAE65 #2A73AE

monochromatic

#4B1215 #7D1E23 #AE2A31 #D2434B #DE757A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#AE2A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A31

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A31	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f69',
    500: '#ae2a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a31;
$custom-light: #ce6f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49785,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A31

secondary

#6FC5C1

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A31

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

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