#AE2842#AE2842

#AE2842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.169 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2842
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 54.44, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 57.48, 18.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1631 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.169 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1997, 10.9124, 6.2485)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2842 #28AE94

analogous

#AE2885 #AE2842 #AE5128

triadic

#AE2842 #42AE28 #2842AE

tetradic

#AE2842 #85AE28 #28AE94 #5128AE

square

#AE2842 #85AE28 #28AE94 #5128AE

split-complementary

#AE2842 #28AE51 #2885AE

monochromatic

#4A111C #7C1D2F #AE2842 #D3405D #DF7287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2842

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2842	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)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.169 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6e76',
    500: '#ae2842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2842;
$custom-light: #cd6e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.358,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49921,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2842

secondary

#6CC6B4

accent

#E6C642

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2842

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

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