#AE2C27#AE2C27

#AE2C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.168 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C27
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 51.73, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 62.44, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1487 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.168 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7246, 10.9494, 3.0466)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C27 #27A9AE

analogous

#AE2766 #AE2C27 #AE7027

triadic

#AE2C27 #27AE2C #2C27AE

tetradic

#AE2C27 #66AE27 #27A9AE #7027AE

square

#AE2C27 #66AE27 #27A9AE #7027AE

split-complementary

#AE2C27 #27AE70 #2766AE

monochromatic

#4A1311 #7C1F1C #AE2C27 #D4443E #DF7470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AE2C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C27

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C27	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.168 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f62',
    500: '#ae2c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c27;
$custom-light: #cf6f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49833,
    "c": 0.16752,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C27

secondary

#6BC3C6

accent

#E0E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C27

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

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