#AE2442#AE2442

#AE2442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.173 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2442
RGB	rgb(174, 36, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 55.67, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 58.46, 17.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.1671 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.173 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0718, 10.6566, 6.2059)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2442 #24AE90

analogous

#AE2487 #AE2442 #AE4B24

triadic

#AE2442 #42AE24 #2442AE

tetradic

#AE2442 #87AE24 #24AE90 #4B24AE

square

#AE2442 #87AE24 #24AE90 #4B24AE

split-complementary

#AE2442 #24AE4B #2487AE

monochromatic

#490F1C #7B1A2F #AE2442 #D6395B #E16C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#AE2442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#AE2442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2442

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2442	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 36, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.173 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6d76',
    500: '#ae2442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2442;
$custom-light: #cd6d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49598,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2442

secondary

#67C7B2

accent

#E9C43F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2442

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

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