#AE243F#AE243F

#AE243F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.173 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE243F
RGB	rgb(174, 36, 63)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.94, 55.48, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.94, 58.87, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.1659 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.173 16)
XYZ	xyz(18.9857, 10.6222, 5.7523)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE243F #24AE93

analogous

#AE2484 #AE243F #AE4E24

triadic

#AE243F #3FAE24 #243FAE

tetradic

#AE243F #84AE24 #24AE93 #4E24AE

square

#AE243F #84AE24 #24AE93 #4E24AE

split-complementary

#AE243F #24AE4E #2484AE

monochromatic

#490F1A #7B1A2D #AE243F #D63958 #E16C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#AE243F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#AE243F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE243F

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE243F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE243F	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae243f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 36, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.173 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d73',
    500: '#ae243f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae243f;
$custom-light: #ce6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae243f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49535,
    "c": 0.17254,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE243F

secondary

#67C7B4

accent

#E9C73F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FBECED

border

#D4C7C8

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE243F

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

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