#AE2E23#AE2E23

#AE2E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.166 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E23
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 50.88, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 63.16, 36.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% 0.1452 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.166 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7381, 11.0769, 2.7412)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E23 #23A3AE

analogous

#AE235D #AE2E23 #AE7323

triadic

#AE2E23 #23AE2E #2E23AE

tetradic

#AE2E23 #5DAE23 #23A3AE #7323AE

square

#AE2E23 #5DAE23 #23A3AE #7323AE

split-complementary

#AE2E23 #23AE73 #235DAE

monochromatic

#48130F #7B2119 #AE2E23 #D74437 #E1746A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#AE2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AE2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E23

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E23	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.166 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf705f',
    500: '#ae2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e23;
$custom-light: #cf705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4998,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E23

secondary

#66BFC7

accent

#DCE93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E23

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

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