#AE233C#AE233C

#AE233C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.173 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE233C
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 55.60, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 59.56, 21.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.1656 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.173 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8743, 10.5299, 5.3127)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE233C #23AE95

analogous

#AE2381 #AE233C #AE5023

triadic

#AE233C #3CAE23 #233CAE

tetradic

#AE233C #81AE23 #23AE95 #5023AE

square

#AE233C #81AE23 #23AE95 #5023AE

split-complementary

#AE233C #23AE50 #2381AE

monochromatic

#480F19 #7B192A #AE233C #D73754 #E16A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#AE233C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE233C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE233C

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE233C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE233C	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae233c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.173 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c71',
    500: '#ae233c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae233c;
$custom-light: #ce6c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae233c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.209,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49398,
    "c": 0.17331,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE233C

secondary

#66C7B6

accent

#E9CB3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE233C

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

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