#AE2B37#AE2B37

#AE2B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.167 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B37
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 55)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 52.80, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 58.64, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1556 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.167 21)
XYZ	xyz(19.0111, 11.0051, 4.7369)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B37 #2BAEA2

analogous

#AE2B78 #AE2B37 #AE612B

triadic

#AE2B37 #37AE2B #2B37AE

tetradic

#AE2B37 #78AE2B #2BAEA2 #612BAE

square

#AE2B37 #78AE2B #2BAEA2 #612BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B37 #2BAE61 #2B78AE

monochromatic

#4C1318 #7D1F27 #AE2B37 #D14552 #DD7680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#AE2B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B37

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B37	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.167 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6d',
    500: '#ae2b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b37;
$custom-light: #ce6f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49973,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.11002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B37

secondary

#70C5BD

accent

#E4D544

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B37

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

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