#AE2841#AE2841

#AE2841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.169 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2841
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 65)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 54.38, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 57.61, 19.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.1627 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.169 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1705, 10.9008, 6.0946)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2841 #28AE95

analogous

#AE2884 #AE2841 #AE5228

triadic

#AE2841 #41AE28 #2841AE

tetradic

#AE2841 #84AE28 #28AE95 #5228AE

square

#AE2841 #84AE28 #28AE95 #5228AE

split-complementary

#AE2841 #28AE52 #2884AE

monochromatic

#4A111C #7C1D2E #AE2841 #D3405C #DF7286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2841

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2841	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.169 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6e75',
    500: '#ae2841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2841;
$custom-light: #cd6e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.806,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.499,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2841

secondary

#6CC6B5

accent

#E6C742

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2841

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

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