#AE223D#AE223D

#AE223D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.174 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE223D
RGB	rgb(174, 34, 61)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 55.94, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 59.62, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.1669 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.174 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8719, 10.4825, 5.4436)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE223D #22AE93

analogous

#AE2283 #AE223D #AE4D22

triadic

#AE223D #3DAE22 #223DAE

tetradic

#AE223D #83AE22 #22AE93 #4D22AE

square

#AE223D #83AE22 #22AE93 #4D22AE

split-complementary

#AE223D #22AE4D #2283AE

monochromatic

#480E19 #7B182B #AE223D #D83655 #E26980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#AE223D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#AE223D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE223D

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE223D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE223D	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C483D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae223d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 34, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.174 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c72',
    500: '#ae223d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae223d;
$custom-light: #ce6c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae223d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49344,
    "c": 0.17411,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE223D

secondary

#64C7B4

accent

#EAC93E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE223D

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

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