#AE2F23#AE2F23

#AE2F23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.166 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2F23
RGB	rgb(174, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.84, 50.51, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.84, 62.95, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1441 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.166 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7777, 11.1560, 2.7544)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2F23 #23A2AE

analogous

#AE235C #AE2F23 #AE7423

triadic

#AE2F23 #23AE2F #2F23AE

tetradic

#AE2F23 #5CAE23 #23A2AE #7423AE

square

#AE2F23 #5CAE23 #23A2AE #7423AE

split-complementary

#AE2F23 #23AE74 #235CAE

monochromatic

#48130F #7B2119 #AE2F23 #D74537 #E1756A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#AE2F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#AE2F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2F23

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2F23	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	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: #ae2f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.166 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf715f',
    500: '#ae2f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2f23;
$custom-light: #cf715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50078,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2F23

secondary

#66BFC7

accent

#DBE93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2F23

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

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