#AE302A#AE302A

#AE302A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.164 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE302A
RGB	rgb(174, 48, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 50.40, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 60.71, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1452 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.164 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9326, 11.2826, 3.3709)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE302A #2AA8AE

analogous

#AE2A66 #AE302A #AE722A

triadic

#AE302A #2AAE30 #302AAE

tetradic

#AE302A #66AE2A #2AA8AE #722AAE

square

#AE302A #66AE2A #2AA8AE #722AAE

split-complementary

#AE302A #2AAE72 #2A66AE

monochromatic

#4B1512 #7D221E #AE302A #D24A43 #DE7A75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#AE302A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#AE302A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE302A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE302A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE302A	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae302a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 48, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.164 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7164',
    500: '#ae302a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae302a;
$custom-light: #cf7164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae302a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5026,
    "c": 0.16362,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE302A

secondary

#6FC1C5

accent

#DDE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE302A

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

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