#AE273F#AE273F

#AE273F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.170 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE273F
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 63)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 54.57, 20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 58.15, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.1629 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.17 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0803, 10.8115, 5.7838)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE273F #27AE96

analogous

#AE2783 #AE273F #AE5227

triadic

#AE273F #3FAE27 #273FAE

tetradic

#AE273F #83AE27 #27AE96 #5227AE

square

#AE273F #83AE27 #27AE96 #5227AE

split-complementary

#AE273F #27AE52 #2783AE

monochromatic

#4A111B #7C1C2D #AE273F #D43E59 #DF7084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#AE273F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE273F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE273F

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE273F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE273F	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae273f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.170 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e73',
    500: '#ae273f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae273f;
$custom-light: #ce6e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae273f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49775,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE273F

secondary

#6BC6B6

accent

#E6C941

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE273F

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

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