#AE2B2B#AE2B2B

#AE2B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B2B
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 52.23, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 61.55, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.1512 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.168 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7577, 10.9038, 3.4020)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B2B #2BAEAE

analogous

#AE2B6C #AE2B2B #AE6C2B

triadic

#AE2B2B #2BAE2B #2B2BAE

tetradic

#AE2B2B #6CAE2B #2BAEAE #6C2BAE

square

#AE2B2B #6CAE2B #2BAEAE #6C2BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B2B #2BAE6C #2B6CAE

monochromatic

#4C1313 #7D1F1F #AE2B2B #D14545 #DD7676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B2B

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B2B	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f65',
    500: '#ae2b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b2b;
$custom-light: #cf6f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49791,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B2B

secondary

#70C5C5

accent

#E4E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B2B

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

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