#AE253C#AE253C

#AE253C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.172 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE253C
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(350, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 55.01, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 59.11, 21.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.1637 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.172 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9348, 10.6509, 5.3329)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE253C #25AE97

analogous

#AE2581 #AE253C #AE5325

triadic

#AE253C #3CAE25 #253CAE

tetradic

#AE253C #81AE25 #25AE97 #5325AE

square

#AE253C #81AE25 #25AE97 #5325AE

split-complementary

#AE253C #25AE53 #2581AE

monochromatic

#491019 #7C1A2B #AE253C #D53B55 #E06D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#AE253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#AE253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE253C

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE253C	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)

#4D493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.172 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d71',
    500: '#ae253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae253c;
$custom-light: #ce6d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49553,
    "c": 0.17168,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE253C

secondary

#68C6B7

accent

#E8CC40

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE253C

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

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