#AE253D#AE253D

#AE253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.172 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE253D
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 55.07, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 58.94, 20.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.1641 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.172 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9615, 10.6616, 5.4735)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE253D #25AE96

analogous

#AE2582 #AE253D #AE5225

triadic

#AE253D #3DAE25 #253DAE

tetradic

#AE253D #82AE25 #25AE96 #5225AE

square

#AE253D #82AE25 #25AE96 #5225AE

split-complementary

#AE253D #25AE52 #2582AE

monochromatic

#49101A #7C1A2B #AE253D #D53B56 #E06D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#AE253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#AE253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE253D

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE253D	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)

#4D4A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.172 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d72',
    500: '#ae253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae253d;
$custom-light: #ce6d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.489,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49573,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE253D

secondary

#68C6B6

accent

#E8CA40

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE253D

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

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