#AE2D23#AE2D23

#AE2D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2D23
RGB	rgb(174, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.58, 51.24, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.58, 63.38, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1463 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.167 29)
XYZ	xyz(18.6995, 10.9997, 2.7283)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2D23 #23A4AE

analogous

#AE235E #AE2D23 #AE7223

triadic

#AE2D23 #23AE2D #2D23AE

tetradic

#AE2D23 #5EAE23 #23A4AE #7223AE

square

#AE2D23 #5EAE23 #23A4AE #7223AE

split-complementary

#AE2D23 #23AE72 #235EAE

monochromatic

#48130F #7B2019 #AE2D23 #D74337 #E1736A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#AE2D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2D23

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2D23	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf705f',
    500: '#ae2d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2d23;
$custom-light: #cf705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49883,
    "c": 0.16725,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.10997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2D23

secondary

#66C0C7

accent

#DDE93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2D23

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

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