#AE2F29#AE2F29

#AE2F29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.165 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2F29
RGB	rgb(174, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 50.73, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 61.22, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.146 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.165 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8745, 11.1947, 3.2644)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2F29 #29A8AE

analogous

#AE2965 #AE2F29 #AE7229

triadic

#AE2F29 #29AE2F #2F29AE

tetradic

#AE2F29 #65AE29 #29A8AE #7229AE

square

#AE2F29 #65AE29 #29A8AE #7229AE

split-complementary

#AE2F29 #29AE72 #2965AE

monochromatic

#4B1412 #7C221D #AE2F29 #D24842 #DE7873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#AE2F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#AE2F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2F29

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2F29	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.165 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7163',
    500: '#ae2f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2f29;
$custom-light: #cf7163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.707,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50147,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2F29

secondary

#6DC1C5

accent

#DEE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDEA

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2F29

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

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