#AE2B34#AE2B34

#AE2B34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B34
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 52.65, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 59.30, 27.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1544 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.167 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9414, 10.9772, 4.3696)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B34 #2BAEA5

analogous

#AE2B75 #AE2B34 #AE642B

triadic

#AE2B34 #34AE2B #2B34AE

tetradic

#AE2B34 #75AE2B #2BAEA5 #642BAE

square

#AE2B34 #75AE2B #2BAEA5 #642BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B34 #2BAE64 #2B75AE

monochromatic

#4C1317 #7D1F25 #AE2B34 #D1454F #DD767D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#AE2B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B34

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B34	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6b',
    500: '#ae2b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b34;
$custom-light: #ce6f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49923,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B34

secondary

#70C5BF

accent

#E4D944

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B34

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

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