#AE2C23#AE2C23

#AE2C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C23
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 51.59, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 63.59, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.1474 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.168 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6618, 10.9243, 2.7158)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C23 #23A5AE

analogous

#AE235F #AE2C23 #AE7123

triadic

#AE2C23 #23AE2C #2C23AE

tetradic

#AE2C23 #5FAE23 #23A5AE #7123AE

square

#AE2C23 #5FAE23 #23A5AE #7123AE

split-complementary

#AE2C23 #23AE71 #235FAE

monochromatic

#48120F #7B1F19 #AE2C23 #D74237 #E1726A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C23

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C23	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)

#534B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f5f',
    500: '#ae2c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c23;
$custom-light: #cf6f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49788,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C23

secondary

#66C1C7

accent

#DEE93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C23

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

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