#AE2B38#AE2B38

#AE2B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.167 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B38
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 52.86, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 58.43, 25.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.156 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.167 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0353, 11.0148, 4.8644)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B38 #2BAEA1

analogous

#AE2B79 #AE2B38 #AE602B

triadic

#AE2B38 #38AE2B #2B38AE

tetradic

#AE2B38 #79AE2B #2BAEA1 #602BAE

square

#AE2B38 #79AE2B #2BAEA1 #602BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B38 #2BAE60 #2B79AE

monochromatic

#4C1318 #7D1F28 #AE2B38 #D14553 #DD7680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#AE2B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B38

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B38	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.167 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6e',
    500: '#ae2b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b38;
$custom-light: #ce6f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.046,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4999,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B38

secondary

#70C5BC

accent

#E4D444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B38

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

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