#AE2B29#AE2B29

#AE2B29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B29
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, 52.15, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 62.09, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.1505 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.168 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7219, 10.8894, 3.2135)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B29 #29ACAE

analogous

#AE296A #AE2B29 #AE6D29

triadic

#AE2B29 #29AE2B #2B29AE

tetradic

#AE2B29 #6AAE29 #29ACAE #6D29AE

square

#AE2B29 #6AAE29 #29ACAE #6D29AE

split-complementary

#AE2B29 #29AE6D #296AAE

monochromatic

#4B1312 #7C1F1D #AE2B29 #D24442 #DE7573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#AE2B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B29

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B29	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)

#524B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f63',
    500: '#ae2b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b29;
$custom-light: #cf6f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49765,
    "c": 0.16809,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B29

secondary

#6DC4C5

accent

#E3E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B29

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

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