#AE2736#AE2736

#AE2736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.170 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2736
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 54.06, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 59.79, 25.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1594 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.17 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8490, 10.7189, 4.5658)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2736 #27AE9F

analogous

#AE277A #AE2736 #AE5B27

triadic

#AE2736 #36AE27 #2736AE

tetradic

#AE2736 #7AAE27 #27AE9F #5B27AE

square

#AE2736 #7AAE27 #27AE9F #5B27AE

split-complementary

#AE2736 #27AE5B #277AAE

monochromatic

#4A1117 #7C1C26 #AE2736 #D43E4F #DF707D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#AE2736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#AE2736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2736

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2736	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.170 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e6d',
    500: '#ae2736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2736;
$custom-light: #ce6e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49607,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2736

secondary

#6BC6BC

accent

#E6D441

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2736

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

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