#AE2B23#AE2B23

#AE2B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.169 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B23
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.33, 51.94, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.33, 63.79, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.1485 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.169 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6250, 10.8507, 2.7035)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B23 #23A6AE

analogous

#AE2360 #AE2B23 #AE7023

triadic

#AE2B23 #23AE2B #2B23AE

tetradic

#AE2B23 #60AE23 #23A6AE #7023AE

square

#AE2B23 #60AE23 #23A6AE #7023AE

split-complementary

#AE2B23 #23AE70 #2360AE

monochromatic

#48120F #7B1E19 #AE2B23 #D74137 #E1716A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#AE2B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B23

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B23	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.169 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f5f',
    500: '#ae2b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b23;
$custom-light: #cf6f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49695,
    "c": 0.16891,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B23

secondary

#66C1C7

accent

#E0E93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B23

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

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