#AE273A#AE273A

#AE273A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.170 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE273A
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 58)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.17, 54.28, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.17, 59.00, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.161 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.17 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9469, 10.7581, 5.0810)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE273A #27AE9B

analogous

#AE277D #AE273A #AE5827

triadic

#AE273A #3AAE27 #273AAE

tetradic

#AE273A #7DAE27 #27AE9B #5827AE

square

#AE273A #7DAE27 #27AE9B #5827AE

split-complementary

#AE273A #27AE58 #277DAE

monochromatic

#4A1119 #7C1C29 #AE273A #D43E53 #DF7080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#AE273A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AE273A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE273A

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE273A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE273A	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae273a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.170 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e70',
    500: '#ae273a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae273a;
$custom-light: #ce6e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae273a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49678,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE273A

secondary

#6BC6B9

accent

#E6CF41

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE273A

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

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