#AE273E#AE273E

#AE273E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.170 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE273E
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 62)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 54.51, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 58.31, 20.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1626 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.17 17)
XYZ	xyz(19.0526, 10.8004, 5.6380)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE273E #27AE97

analogous

#AE2782 #AE273E #AE5427

triadic

#AE273E #3EAE27 #273EAE

tetradic

#AE273E #82AE27 #27AE97 #5427AE

square

#AE273E #82AE27 #27AE97 #5427AE

split-complementary

#AE273E #27AE54 #2782AE

monochromatic

#4A111A #7C1C2C #AE273E #D43E58 #DF7083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#AE273E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE273E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE273E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE273E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE273E	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae273e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.170 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e73',
    500: '#ae273e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae273e;
$custom-light: #ce6e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae273e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49755,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.10798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE273E

secondary

#6BC6B6

accent

#E6CA41

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE273E

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

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