#AE2B27#AE2B27

#AE2B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.168 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B27
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 52.08, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 62.65, 33.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.1498 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.168 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6878, 10.8758, 3.0343)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B27 #27AAAE

analogous

#AE2767 #AE2B27 #AE6F27

triadic

#AE2B27 #27AE2B #2B27AE

tetradic

#AE2B27 #67AE27 #27AAAE #6F27AE

square

#AE2B27 #67AE27 #27AAAE #6F27AE

split-complementary

#AE2B27 #27AE6F #2767AE

monochromatic

#4A1211 #7C1F1C #AE2B27 #D4433E #DF7470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AE2B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B27

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B27	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)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.168 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f62',
    500: '#ae2b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b27;
$custom-light: #cf6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4974,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B27

secondary

#6BC3C6

accent

#E2E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B27

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

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