#AE2B36#AE2B36

#AE2B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.167 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B36
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 52.75, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 58.85, 26.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1552 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.167 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9874, 10.9956, 4.6119)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B36 #2BAEA3

analogous

#AE2B77 #AE2B36 #AE622B

triadic

#AE2B36 #36AE2B #2B36AE

tetradic

#AE2B36 #77AE2B #2BAEA3 #622BAE

square

#AE2B36 #77AE2B #2BAEA3 #622BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B36 #2BAE62 #2B77AE

monochromatic

#4C1318 #7D1F27 #AE2B36 #D14551 #DD767F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#AE2B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B36

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B36	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)

#514B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.167 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6d',
    500: '#ae2b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b36;
$custom-light: #ce6f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.962,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49956,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B36

secondary

#70C5BE

accent

#E4D644

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B36

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

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