#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
RGBrgb(174, 42, 49)
HSLhsl(357, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(357, 76%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(39.38, 52.84, 28.92)
CIE-LCHlch(39.38, 60.24, 28.69°)
OKLaboklab(49.79% 0.1544 0.0663)
OKLCHoklch(49.79% 0.168 23.2)
XYZxyz(18.8400, 10.8792, 4.0130)
Luminance0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##AE2A311.006.613.186.61
#FFFFFF6.611.0021.001.00
#0000003.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.611.0021.001.00

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

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#AE2A31 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva