#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
RGBrgb(174, 46, 40)
HSLhsl(3, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(3, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 73.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(39.76, 51.06, 34.68)
CIE-LCHlch(39.76, 61.72, 34.18°)
OKLaboklab(50.04% 0.1468 0.0768)
OKLCHoklch(50.04% 0.166 27.6)
XYZxyz(18.8177, 11.1088, 3.1604)
Luminance0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE2E281.006.523.226.52
#FFFFFF6.521.0021.001.00
#0000003.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.521.0021.001.00

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

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#AE2E28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva