#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
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 53.04, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 59.31, 26.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1559 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.168 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9282, 10.9145, 4.4775)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##AE2A35	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)

#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

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

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