#AE2D28#AE2D28

#AE2D28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2D28
RGB	rgb(174, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, 51.42, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 61.94, 33.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1479 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.167 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7791, 11.0316, 3.1476)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2D28 #28A9AE

analogous

#AE2866 #AE2D28 #AE7028

triadic

#AE2D28 #28AE2D #2D28AE

tetradic

#AE2D28 #66AE28 #28A9AE #7028AE

square

#AE2D28 #66AE28 #28A9AE #7028AE

split-complementary

#AE2D28 #28AE70 #2866AE

monochromatic

#4A1311 #7C201D #AE2D28 #D34640 #DF7672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AE2D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AE2D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2D28

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2D28	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7062',
    500: '#ae2d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2d28;
$custom-light: #cf7062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.239,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4994,
    "c": 0.16653,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2D28

secondary

#6CC2C6

accent

#E0E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2D28

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

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