#AE2A42#AE2A42

#AE2A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.167 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A42
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.67, 53.79, 18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.67, 56.96, 19.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.161 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.167 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2689, 11.0508, 6.2716)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A42 #2AAE96

analogous

#AE2A84 #AE2A42 #AE542A

triadic

#AE2A42 #42AE2A #2A42AE

tetradic

#AE2A42 #84AE2A #2AAE96 #542AAE

square

#AE2A42 #84AE2A #2AAE96 #542AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A42 #2AAE54 #2A84AE

monochromatic

#4B121D #7D1E2F #AE2A42 #D2435D #DE7588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#AE2A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AE2A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A42

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A42	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.167 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f76',
    500: '#ae2a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a42;
$custom-light: #cd6f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50093,
    "c": 0.16734,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A42

secondary

#6FC5B5

accent

#E4C744

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A42

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

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