#AE2C25#AE2C25

#AE2C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C25
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 51.66, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 63.01, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% 0.1481 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.168 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6924, 10.9365, 2.8766)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C25 #25A7AE

analogous

#AE2563 #AE2C25 #AE7125

triadic

#AE2C25 #25AE2C #2C25AE

tetradic

#AE2C25 #63AE25 #25A7AE #7125AE

square

#AE2C25 #63AE25 #25A7AE #7125AE

split-complementary

#AE2C25 #25AE71 #2563AE

monochromatic

#491210 #7C1F1A #AE2C25 #D5433B #E0736D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AE2C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C25

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C25	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f60',
    500: '#ae2c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c25;
$custom-light: #cf6f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4981,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C25

secondary

#68C2C6

accent

#DFE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C25

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

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