#AE233A#AE233A

#AE233A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.173 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE233A
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.74, 55.49, 22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.74, 59.90, 22.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1648 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.173 18)
XYZ	xyz(18.8224, 10.5091, 5.0395)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE233A #23AE97

analogous

#AE237F #AE233A #AE5123

triadic

#AE233A #3AAE23 #233AAE

tetradic

#AE233A #7FAE23 #23AE97 #5123AE

square

#AE233A #7FAE23 #23AE97 #5123AE

split-complementary

#AE233A #23AE51 #237FAE

monochromatic

#480F18 #7B1929 #AE233A #D73752 #E16A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#AE233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#AE233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE233A

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE233A	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.173 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c70',
    500: '#ae233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae233a;
$custom-light: #ce6c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.072,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4936,
    "c": 0.17332,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.10506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE233A

secondary

#66C7B7

accent

#E9CD3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE233A

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

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