#AE2F28#AE2F28

#AE2F28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.165 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2F28
RGB	rgb(174, 47, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 50.69, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 61.50, 34.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.1457 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.165 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8573, 11.1878, 3.1736)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2F28 #28A7AE

analogous

#AE2864 #AE2F28 #AE7228

triadic

#AE2F28 #28AE2F #2F28AE

tetradic

#AE2F28 #64AE28 #28A7AE #7228AE

square

#AE2F28 #64AE28 #28A7AE #7228AE

split-complementary

#AE2F28 #28AE72 #2864AE

monochromatic

#4A1411 #7C221D #AE2F28 #D34840 #DF7872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#AE2F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#AE2F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2F28

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2F28	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)

#554C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 47, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.165 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7163',
    500: '#ae2f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2f28;
$custom-light: #cf7163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.134,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50135,
    "c": 0.16479,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2F28

secondary

#6CC1C6

accent

#DDE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2F28

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

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