#AE253E#AE253E

#AE253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.172 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE253E
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 55.13, 20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 58.79, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.1645 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.172 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9887, 10.6725, 5.6166)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE253E #25AE95

analogous

#AE2583 #AE253E #AE5125

triadic

#AE253E #3EAE25 #253EAE

tetradic

#AE253E #83AE25 #25AE95 #5125AE

square

#AE253E #83AE25 #25AE95 #5125AE

split-complementary

#AE253E #25AE51 #2583AE

monochromatic

#49101A #7C1A2C #AE253E #D53B57 #E06D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#AE253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#AE253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE253E

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE253E	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.172 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d73',
    500: '#ae253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae253e;
$custom-light: #ce6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.051,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49593,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE253E

secondary

#68C6B5

accent

#E8C940

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE253E

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

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