#AE2E29#AE2E29

#AE2E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.166 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E29
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.77, 51.10, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.77, 61.44, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% 0.1471 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.166 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8350, 11.1157, 3.2512)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E29 #29A9AE

analogous

#AE2966 #AE2E29 #AE7129

triadic

#AE2E29 #29AE2E #2E29AE

tetradic

#AE2E29 #66AE29 #29A9AE #7129AE

square

#AE2E29 #66AE29 #29A9AE #7129AE

split-complementary

#AE2E29 #29AE71 #2966AE

monochromatic

#4B1412 #7C211D #AE2E29 #D24742 #DE7773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#AE2E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AE2E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E29

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E29	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)

#544C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.166 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7063',
    500: '#ae2e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e29;
$custom-light: #cf7063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50049,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E29

secondary

#6DC2C5

accent

#DFE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E29

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

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