#AE2D27#AE2D27

#AE2D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2D27
RGB	rgb(174, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 51.38, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 62.22, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.1476 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.167 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7624, 11.0248, 3.0591)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2D27 #27A8AE

analogous

#AE2764 #AE2D27 #AE7127

triadic

#AE2D27 #27AE2D #2D27AE

tetradic

#AE2D27 #64AE27 #27A8AE #7127AE

square

#AE2D27 #64AE27 #27A8AE #7127AE

split-complementary

#AE2D27 #27AE71 #2764AE

monochromatic

#4A1311 #7C201C #AE2D27 #D4453E #DF7570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AE2D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2D27

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2D27	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7062',
    500: '#ae2d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2d27;
$custom-light: #cf7062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49928,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2D27

secondary

#6BC2C6

accent

#DFE641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2D27

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

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