#AE2A34#AE2A34

#AE2A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A34
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 52)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 52.99, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 59.53, 27.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1555 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.168 22)
XYZ	xyz(18.9055, 10.9054, 4.3576)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A34 #2AAEA4

analogous

#AE2A76 #AE2A34 #AE622A

triadic

#AE2A34 #34AE2A #2A34AE

tetradic

#AE2A34 #76AE2A #2AAEA4 #622AAE

square

#AE2A34 #76AE2A #2AAEA4 #622AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A34 #2AAE62 #2A76AE

monochromatic

#4B1217 #7D1E25 #AE2A34 #D2434E #DE757D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A34

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A34	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6b',
    500: '#ae2a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a34;
$custom-light: #ce6f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49832,
    "c": 0.16776,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.10903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A34

secondary

#6FC5BF

accent

#E4D844

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A34

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

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