#AE283B#AE283B

#AE283B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.169 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE283B
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 59)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 54.02, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 58.58, 22.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.1603 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.169 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0058, 10.8349, 5.2274)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE283B #28AE9B

analogous

#AE287E #AE283B #AE5828

triadic

#AE283B #3BAE28 #283BAE

tetradic

#AE283B #7EAE28 #28AE9B #5828AE

square

#AE283B #7EAE28 #28AE9B #5828AE

split-complementary

#AE283B #28AE58 #287EAE

monochromatic

#4A1119 #7C1D2A #AE283B #D34055 #DF7281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#AE283B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE283B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE283B

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE283B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE283B	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae283b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.169 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6e70',
    500: '#ae283b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae283b;
$custom-light: #ce6e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae283b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.493,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49781,
    "c": 0.16914,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE283B

secondary

#6CC6B9

accent

#E6CE42

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE283B

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

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