#AE253F#AE253F

#AE253F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.172 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE253F
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 63)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 55.19, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 58.63, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1649 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.172 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0164, 10.6836, 5.7625)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE253F #25AE94

analogous

#AE2584 #AE253F #AE5025

triadic

#AE253F #3FAE25 #253FAE

tetradic

#AE253F #84AE25 #25AE94 #5025AE

square

#AE253F #84AE25 #25AE94 #5025AE

split-complementary

#AE253F #25AE50 #2584AE

monochromatic

#49101A #7C1A2D #AE253F #D53B58 #E06D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#AE253F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AE253F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE253F

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE253F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE253F	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae253f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.172 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d73',
    500: '#ae253f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae253f;
$custom-light: #ce6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae253f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.613,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49613,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE253F

secondary

#68C6B5

accent

#E8C840

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE253F

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

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