#AE283A#AE283A

#AE283A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.169 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE283A
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 58)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.28, 53.96, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.28, 58.76, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.16 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.169 19)
XYZ	xyz(18.9801, 10.8246, 5.0921)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE283A #28AE9C

analogous

#AE287D #AE283A #AE5928

triadic

#AE283A #3AAE28 #283AAE

tetradic

#AE283A #7DAE28 #28AE9C #5928AE

square

#AE283A #7DAE28 #28AE9C #5928AE

split-complementary

#AE283A #28AE59 #287DAE

monochromatic

#4A1119 #7C1D29 #AE283A #D34054 #DF7280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#AE283A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AE283A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE283A

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE283A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE283A	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)

#4F4A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae283a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.169 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e70',
    500: '#ae283a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae283a;
$custom-light: #ce6e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae283a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49762,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.10822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE283A

secondary

#6CC6BA

accent

#E6D042

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE283A

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

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