#AE2B28#AE2B28

#AE2B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B28
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 52.12, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 62.37, 33.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% 0.1501 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.168 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7046, 10.8825, 3.1227)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B28 #28ABAE

analogous

#AE2868 #AE2B28 #AE6E28

triadic

#AE2B28 #28AE2B #2B28AE

tetradic

#AE2B28 #68AE28 #28ABAE #6E28AE

square

#AE2B28 #68AE28 #28ABAE #6E28AE

split-complementary

#AE2B28 #28AE6E #2868AE

monochromatic

#4A1211 #7C1F1D #AE2B28 #D34340 #DF7472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#AE2B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B28

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B28	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f62',
    500: '#ae2b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b28;
$custom-light: #cf6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49752,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B28

secondary

#6CC4C6

accent

#E2E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B28

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

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