#AE2A45#AE2A45

#AE2A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.167 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2A45
RGB	rgb(174, 42, 69)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 53.99, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 56.58, 17.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.1622 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.167 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3597, 11.0871, 6.7497)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2A45 #2AAE93

analogous

#AE2A87 #AE2A45 #AE512A

triadic

#AE2A45 #45AE2A #2A45AE

tetradic

#AE2A45 #87AE2A #2AAE93 #512AAE

square

#AE2A45 #87AE2A #2AAE93 #512AAE

split-complementary

#AE2A45 #2AAE51 #2A87AE

monochromatic

#4B121E #7D1E31 #AE2A45 #D24361 #DE758A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#AE2A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AE2A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2A45

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2A45	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 42, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.167 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f78',
    500: '#ae2a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2a45;
$custom-light: #cd6f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50158,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2A45

secondary

#6FC5B3

accent

#E4C344

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2A45

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

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