#AE233E#AE233E

#AE233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.173 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE233E
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, 55.72, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 59.25, 19.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% 0.1664 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.173 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9281, 10.5514, 5.5965)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE233E #23AE93

analogous

#AE2383 #AE233E #AE4D23

triadic

#AE233E #3EAE23 #233EAE

tetradic

#AE233E #83AE23 #23AE93 #4D23AE

square

#AE233E #83AE23 #23AE93 #4D23AE

split-complementary

#AE233E #23AE4D #2383AE

monochromatic

#480F1A #7B192C #AE233E #D73756 #E16A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#AE233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE233E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE233E	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.173 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c73',
    500: '#ae233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae233e;
$custom-light: #ce6c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.345,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49438,
    "c": 0.17333,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE233E

secondary

#66C7B4

accent

#E9C83E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE233E

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

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