#AE1E42#AE1E42

#AE1E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.177 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE1E42
RGB	rgb(174, 30, 66)
HSL	hsl(345, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(345, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.8%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.42, 57.31, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.42, 59.80, 16.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.1724 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.177 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9052, 10.3235, 6.1504)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE1E42 #1EAE8A

analogous

#AE1E8A #AE1E42 #AE421E

triadic

#AE1E42 #42AE1E #1E42AE

tetradic

#AE1E42 #8AAE1E #1EAE8A #421EAE

square

#AE1E42 #8AAE1E #1EAE8A #421EAE

split-complementary

#AE1E42 #1EAE42 #1E8AAE

monochromatic

#460C1A #7A152E #AE1E42 #DB2E59 #E46283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#AE1E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#AE1E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE1E42

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE1E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE1E42	1.00	6.85	3.06	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae1e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 30, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.177 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6b76',
    500: '#ae1e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae1e42;
$custom-light: #ce6b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae1e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4917,
    "c": 0.17736,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE1E42

secondary

#5FC9AE

accent

#EDC13A

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FBECED

border

#D4C7C8

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE1E42

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

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