#AE2C29#AE2C29

#AE2C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C29
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 51.81, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 61.88, 33.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.1494 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.167 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7587, 10.9630, 3.2257)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C29 #29ABAE

analogous

#AE2969 #AE2C29 #AE6E29

triadic

#AE2C29 #29AE2C #2C29AE

tetradic

#AE2C29 #69AE29 #29ABAE #6E29AE

square

#AE2C29 #69AE29 #29ABAE #6E29AE

split-complementary

#AE2C29 #29AE6E #2969AE

monochromatic

#4B1312 #7C1F1D #AE2C29 #D24542 #DE7673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AE2C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C29

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C29	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)

#534B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f63',
    500: '#ae2c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c29;
$custom-light: #cf6f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.353,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49858,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C29

secondary

#6DC3C5

accent

#E1E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C29

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

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