#AE2B26#AE2B26

#AE2B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.168 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B26
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 52.04, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 62.93, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.73% 0.1495 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(49.73% 0.168 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6715, 10.8693, 2.9482)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B26 #26A9AE

analogous

#AE2665 #AE2B26 #AE6F26

triadic

#AE2B26 #26AE2B #2B26AE

tetradic

#AE2B26 #65AE26 #26A9AE #6F26AE

square

#AE2B26 #65AE26 #26A9AE #6F26AE

split-complementary

#AE2B26 #26AE6F #2665AE

monochromatic

#4A1210 #7C1F1B #AE2B26 #D5423D #E0736F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AE2B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B26

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B26	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)

#534A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.168 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f61',
    500: '#ae2b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b26;
$custom-light: #cf6f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49728,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B26

secondary

#6AC3C6

accent

#E1E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B26

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

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