#AE2A35#AE2A35

#AE2A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE2A35
RGBrgb(174, 42, 53)
HSLhsl(355, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(355, 76%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.9%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(39.44, 53.04, 26.55)
CIE-LCHlch(39.44, 59.31, 26.59°)
OKLaboklab(49.85% 0.1559 0.0618)
OKLCHoklch(49.85% 0.168 21.6)
XYZxyz(18.9282, 10.9145, 4.4775)
Luminance0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE2A35 #2AAEA3
analogous
#AE2A77 #AE2A35 #AE612A
triadic
#AE2A35 #35AE2A #2A35AE
tetradic
#AE2A35 #77AE2A #2AAEA3 #612AAE
square
#AE2A35 #77AE2A #2AAEA3 #612AAE
split-complementary
#AE2A35 #2AAE61 #2A77AE
monochromatic
#4B1217 #7D1E26 #AE2A35 #D2434F #DE757E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60
#AE2A35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18
#AE2A35 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A35
6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE2A35#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE2A351.006.603.186.60
#FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00
#0000003.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#514B34
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#726731
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF002F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae2a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 21.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6c',
    500: '#ae2a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae2a35;
$custom-light: #ce6f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae2a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49849,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE2A35
secondary
#6FC5BE
accent
#E4D744
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEDEB
border
#D4C8C6
text
#150807
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A35

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#AE2A35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva