#AE2533#AE2533

#AE2533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.172 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2533
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 51)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 54.53, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 60.87, 26.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.1602 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.172 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7168, 10.5637, 4.1848)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2533 #25AEA0

analogous

#AE2578 #AE2533 #AE5C25

triadic

#AE2533 #33AE25 #2533AE

tetradic

#AE2533 #78AE25 #25AEA0 #5C25AE

square

#AE2533 #78AE25 #25AEA0 #5C25AE

split-complementary

#AE2533 #25AE5C #2578AE

monochromatic

#491015 #7C1A24 #AE2533 #D53B4B #E06D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#AE2533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#AE2533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2533

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2533	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)

#4E4932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.172 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d6a',
    500: '#ae2533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2533;
$custom-light: #ce6d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.869,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49393,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2533

secondary

#68C6BD

accent

#E8D740

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2533

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

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