#AE2843#AE2843

#AE2843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.169 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2843
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 67)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 54.51, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 57.35, 18.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1635 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.169 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2295, 10.9243, 6.4052)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2843 #28AE93

analogous

#AE2886 #AE2843 #AE5028

triadic

#AE2843 #43AE28 #2843AE

tetradic

#AE2843 #86AE28 #28AE93 #5028AE

square

#AE2843 #86AE28 #28AE93 #5028AE

split-complementary

#AE2843 #28AE50 #2886AE

monochromatic

#4A111D #7C1D30 #AE2843 #D3405E #DF7288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#AE2843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2843

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2843	1.00	6.59	3.18	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.169 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6e76',
    500: '#ae2843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2843;
$custom-light: #cd6e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.91,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49942,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2843

secondary

#6CC6B4

accent

#E6C542

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2843

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

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