#AE273C#AE273C

#AE273C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.170 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE273C
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 60)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 54.39, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 58.64, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% 0.1618 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.17 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9987, 10.7788, 5.3542)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE273C #27AE99

analogous

#AE2780 #AE273C #AE5627

triadic

#AE273C #3CAE27 #273CAE

tetradic

#AE273C #80AE27 #27AE99 #5627AE

square

#AE273C #80AE27 #27AE99 #5627AE

split-complementary

#AE273C #27AE56 #2780AE

monochromatic

#4A111A #7C1C2B #AE273C #D43E56 #DF7082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#AE273C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE273C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE273C

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE273C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE273C	1.00	6.66	3.16	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae273c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.170 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e71',
    500: '#ae273c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae273c;
$custom-light: #ce6e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae273c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49716,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE273C

secondary

#6BC6B8

accent

#E6CD41

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE273C

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

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