#AE2B31#AE2B31

#AE2B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B31
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 52.50, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 60.01, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1533 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.167 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8760, 10.9511, 4.0250)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B31 #2BAEA8

analogous

#AE2B72 #AE2B31 #AE672B

triadic

#AE2B31 #31AE2B #2B31AE

tetradic

#AE2B31 #72AE2B #2BAEA8 #672BAE

square

#AE2B31 #72AE2B #2BAEA8 #672BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B31 #2BAE67 #2B72AE

monochromatic

#4C1315 #7D1F23 #AE2B31 #D1454C #DD767B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AE2B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B31

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B31	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f69',
    500: '#ae2b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b31;
$custom-light: #ce6f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49876,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B31

secondary

#70C5C1

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B31

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

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