#AE2C22#AE2C22

#AE2C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C22
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 51.55, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 63.88, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.1471 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.168 29)
XYZ	xyz(18.6472, 10.9185, 2.6387)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C22 #22A4AE

analogous

#AE225E #AE2C22 #AE7222

triadic

#AE2C22 #22AE2C #2C22AE

tetradic

#AE2C22 #5EAE22 #22A4AE #7222AE

square

#AE2C22 #5EAE22 #22A4AE #7222AE

split-complementary

#AE2C22 #22AE72 #225EAE

monochromatic

#48120E #7B1F18 #AE2C22 #D84136 #E27169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C22

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C22	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f5e',
    500: '#ae2c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c22;
$custom-light: #cf6f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49777,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.10916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C22

secondary

#64C0C7

accent

#DEEA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C22

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

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