#AE233F#AE233F

#AE233F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.173 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE233F
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 63)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 55.77, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 59.10, 19.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.1668 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.173 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9558, 10.5625, 5.7423)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE233F #23AE92

analogous

#AE2384 #AE233F #AE4D23

triadic

#AE233F #3FAE23 #233FAE

tetradic

#AE233F #84AE23 #23AE92 #4D23AE

square

#AE233F #84AE23 #23AE92 #4D23AE

split-complementary

#AE233F #23AE4D #2384AE

monochromatic

#480F1A #7B192D #AE233F #D73757 #E16A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#AE233F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE233F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE233F

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE233F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE233F	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)

#4C493F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae233f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.173 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6c73',
    500: '#ae233f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae233f;
$custom-light: #ce6c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae233f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.914,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49458,
    "c": 0.17336,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE233F

secondary

#66C7B3

accent

#E9C73E

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FBECED

border

#D4C7C8

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE233F

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

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