#AE2E28#AE2E28

#AE2E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.166 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E28
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 51.06, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 61.72, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.1468 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.166 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8177, 11.1088, 3.1604)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E28 #28A8AE

analogous

#AE2865 #AE2E28 #AE7128

triadic

#AE2E28 #28AE2E #2E28AE

tetradic

#AE2E28 #65AE28 #28A8AE #7128AE

square

#AE2E28 #65AE28 #28A8AE #7128AE

split-complementary

#AE2E28 #28AE71 #2865AE

monochromatic

#4A1411 #7C211D #AE2E28 #D34740 #DF7772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#AE2E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AE2E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E28

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E28	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.166 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7063',
    500: '#ae2e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e28;
$custom-light: #cf7063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50036,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E28

secondary

#6CC2C6

accent

#DEE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E28

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

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