#AE243E#AE243E

#AE243E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.173 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE243E
RGB	rgb(174, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.92, 55.42, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.92, 59.02, 20.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.1655 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.173 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9580, 10.6111, 5.6064)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE243E #24AE94

analogous

#AE2483 #AE243E #AE4F24

triadic

#AE243E #3EAE24 #243EAE

tetradic

#AE243E #83AE24 #24AE94 #4F24AE

square

#AE243E #83AE24 #24AE94 #4F24AE

split-complementary

#AE243E #24AE4F #2483AE

monochromatic

#490F1A #7B1A2C #AE243E #D63957 #E16C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#AE243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#AE243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE243E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE243E	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.173 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d73',
    500: '#ae243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae243e;
$custom-light: #ce6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49514,
    "c": 0.17253,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE243E

secondary

#67C7B5

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEC

border

#D4C7C7

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE243E

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

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