#AE2A40#AE2A40

#AE2A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.167 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A40
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, 53.66, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 57.25, 20.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% 0.1602 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.167 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2109, 11.0276, 5.9665)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A40 #2AAE98

analogous

#AE2A82 #AE2A40 #AE562A

triadic

#AE2A40 #40AE2A #2A40AE

tetradic

#AE2A40 #82AE2A #2AAE98 #562AAE

square

#AE2A40 #82AE2A #2AAE98 #562AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A40 #2AAE56 #2A82AE

monochromatic

#4B121C #7D1E2E #AE2A40 #D2435B #DE7586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AE2A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AE2A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A40

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A40	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71673C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.167 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f74',
    500: '#ae2a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a40;
$custom-light: #cd6f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50052,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A40

secondary

#6FC5B7

accent

#E4C944

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A40

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

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