#AE2541#AE2541

#AE2541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.172 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2541
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 55.31, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 58.35, 18.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1657 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.172 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0733, 10.7063, 6.0622)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2541 #25AE92

analogous

#AE2586 #AE2541 #AE4E25

triadic

#AE2541 #41AE25 #2541AE

tetradic

#AE2541 #86AE25 #25AE92 #4E25AE

square

#AE2541 #86AE25 #25AE92 #4E25AE

split-complementary

#AE2541 #25AE4E #2586AE

monochromatic

#49101B #7C1A2E #AE2541 #D53B5A #E06D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#AE2541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AE2541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2541

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2541	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.172 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6d75',
    500: '#ae2541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2541;
$custom-light: #cd6d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.737,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49654,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2541

secondary

#68C6B3

accent

#E8C640

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2541

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

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