#AE2F27#AE2F27

#AE2F27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.165 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2F27
RGB	rgb(174, 47, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 50.65, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 61.79, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.1453 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.165 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8405, 11.1811, 3.0852)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2F27 #27A6AE

analogous

#AE2762 #AE2F27 #AE7327

triadic

#AE2F27 #27AE2F #2F27AE

tetradic

#AE2F27 #62AE27 #27A6AE #7327AE

square

#AE2F27 #62AE27 #27A6AE #7327AE

split-complementary

#AE2F27 #27AE73 #2762AE

monochromatic

#4A1411 #7C211C #AE2F27 #D4473E #DF7770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#AE2F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#AE2F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2F27

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2F27	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 47, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.165 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7162',
    500: '#ae2f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2f27;
$custom-light: #cf7162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50123,
    "c": 0.16494,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2F27

secondary

#6BC1C6

accent

#DDE641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2F27

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

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