#AE2B33#AE2B33

#AE2B33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B33
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 51)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.53, 52.60, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.53, 59.53, 27.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.1541 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.167 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9191, 10.9683, 4.2522)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B33 #2BAEA6

analogous

#AE2B74 #AE2B33 #AE652B

triadic

#AE2B33 #33AE2B #2B33AE

tetradic

#AE2B33 #74AE2B #2BAEA6 #652BAE

square

#AE2B33 #74AE2B #2BAEA6 #652BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B33 #2BAE65 #2B74AE

monochromatic

#4C1316 #7D1F25 #AE2B33 #D1454E #DD767C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AE2B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2B33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B33

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B33	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)

#514B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6a',
    500: '#ae2b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b33;
$custom-light: #ce6f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.336,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49907,
    "c": 0.16698,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B33

secondary

#70C5C0

accent

#E4DA44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B33

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

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