#AE243B#AE243B

#AE243B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.173 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE243B
RGB	rgb(174, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 55.25, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 59.51, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.1643 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.173 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8779, 10.5791, 5.1848)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE243B #24AE97

analogous

#AE2480 #AE243B #AE5224

triadic

#AE243B #3BAE24 #243BAE

tetradic

#AE243B #80AE24 #24AE97 #5224AE

square

#AE243B #80AE24 #24AE97 #5224AE

split-complementary

#AE243B #24AE52 #2480AE

monochromatic

#490F19 #7B1A2A #AE243B #D63953 #E16C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#AE243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#AE243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE243B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE243B	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.173 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d70',
    500: '#ae243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae243b;
$custom-light: #ce6d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49456,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE243B

secondary

#67C7B7

accent

#E9CC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE243B

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

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