#AE2E25#AE2E25

#AE2E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.166 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E25
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 50.95, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 62.58, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1458 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.166 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7687, 11.0891, 2.9021)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E25 #25A5AE

analogous

#AE2561 #AE2E25 #AE7325

triadic

#AE2E25 #25AE2E #2E25AE

tetradic

#AE2E25 #61AE25 #25A5AE #7325AE

square

#AE2E25 #61AE25 #25A5AE #7325AE

split-complementary

#AE2E25 #25AE73 #2561AE

monochromatic

#491310 #7C211A #AE2E25 #D5453B #E0756D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#AE2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AE2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E25

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E25	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.166 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7060',
    500: '#ae2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e25;
$custom-light: #cf7060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50001,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E25

secondary

#68C0C6

accent

#DDE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E25

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

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