#AE2B30#AE2B30

#AE2B30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B30
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 48)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.48, 52.45, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.48, 60.25, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.153 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.167 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8551, 10.9427, 3.9151)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B30 #2BAEA9

analogous

#AE2B71 #AE2B30 #AE682B

triadic

#AE2B30 #30AE2B #2B30AE

tetradic

#AE2B30 #71AE2B #2BAEA9 #682BAE

square

#AE2B30 #71AE2B #2BAEA9 #682BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B30 #2BAE68 #2B71AE

monochromatic

#4C1315 #7D1F22 #AE2B30 #D1454A #DD767A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AE2B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B30

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B30	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f68',
    500: '#ae2b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b30;
$custom-light: #ce6f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.71,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49861,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B30

secondary

#70C5C2

accent

#E4DD44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B30

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

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