#AE2B25#AE2B25

#AE2B25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.169 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B25
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 52.00, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 63.22, 34.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% 0.1492 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.169 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6556, 10.8629, 2.8644)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B25 #25A8AE

analogous

#AE2564 #AE2B25 #AE7025

triadic

#AE2B25 #25AE2B #2B25AE

tetradic

#AE2B25 #64AE25 #25A8AE #7025AE

square

#AE2B25 #64AE25 #25A8AE #7025AE

split-complementary

#AE2B25 #25AE70 #2564AE

monochromatic

#491210 #7C1F1A #AE2B25 #D5423B #E0726D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AE2B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B25

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B25	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.169 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f60',
    500: '#ae2b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b25;
$custom-light: #cf6f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.628,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49717,
    "c": 0.16863,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B25

secondary

#68C2C6

accent

#E1E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B25

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

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