#AE2B35#AE2B35

#AE2B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B35
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, 52.70, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 59.07, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1548 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.167 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9641, 10.9863, 4.4895)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B35 #2BAEA4

analogous

#AE2B76 #AE2B35 #AE632B

triadic

#AE2B35 #35AE2B #2B35AE

tetradic

#AE2B35 #76AE2B #2BAEA4 #632BAE

square

#AE2B35 #76AE2B #2BAEA4 #632BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B35 #2BAE63 #2B76AE

monochromatic

#4C1317 #7D1F26 #AE2B35 #D14550 #DD767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#AE2B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B35

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B35	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6c',
    500: '#ae2b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b35;
$custom-light: #ce6f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.42,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49939,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B35

secondary

#70C5BE

accent

#E4D744

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B35

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

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