#AE243A#AE243A

#AE243A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.173 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE243A
RGB	rgb(174, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 55.19, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 59.68, 22.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% 0.1639 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.173 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8522, 10.5688, 5.0495)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE243A #24AE98

analogous

#AE247F #AE243A #AE5324

triadic

#AE243A #3AAE24 #243AAE

tetradic

#AE243A #7FAE24 #24AE98 #5324AE

square

#AE243A #7FAE24 #24AE98 #5324AE

split-complementary

#AE243A #24AE53 #247FAE

monochromatic

#490F18 #7B1A29 #AE243A #D63952 #E16C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#AE243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE243A

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE243A	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)

#4D493A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.173 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d70',
    500: '#ae243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae243a;
$custom-light: #ce6d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49437,
    "c": 0.17252,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE243A

secondary

#67C7B8

accent

#E9CE3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE243A

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

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