#AE233D#AE233D

#AE233D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.173 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE233D
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.80, 55.66, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.80, 59.40, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.166 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.173 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9010, 10.5405, 5.4533)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE233D #23AE94

analogous

#AE2382 #AE233D #AE4E23

triadic

#AE233D #3DAE23 #233DAE

tetradic

#AE233D #82AE23 #23AE94 #4E23AE

square

#AE233D #82AE23 #23AE94 #4E23AE

split-complementary

#AE233D #23AE4E #2382AE

monochromatic

#480F19 #7B192B #AE233D #D73755 #E16A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#AE233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE233D

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE233D	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)

#4C493D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.173 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c72',
    500: '#ae233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae233d;
$custom-light: #ce6c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.777,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49418,
    "c": 0.17332,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE233D

secondary

#66C7B5

accent

#E9C93E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE233D

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

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