#AE2D22#AE2D22

#AE2D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2D22
RGB	rgb(174, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 51.20, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 63.67, 36.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.146 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.167 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6849, 10.9939, 2.6513)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2D22 #22A3AE

analogous

#AE225D #AE2D22 #AE7322

triadic

#AE2D22 #22AE2D #2D22AE

tetradic

#AE2D22 #5DAE22 #22A3AE #7322AE

square

#AE2D22 #5DAE22 #22A3AE #7322AE

split-complementary

#AE2D22 #22AE73 #225DAE

monochromatic

#48130E #7B2018 #AE2D22 #D84236 #E27269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#AE2D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2D22

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2D22	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf705e',
    500: '#ae2d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2d22;
$custom-light: #cf705e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49872,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2D22

secondary

#64C0C7

accent

#DDEA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2D22

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

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