#AE2B39#AE2B39

#AE2B39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.167 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B39
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 52.91, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 58.23, 24.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1564 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.167 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0600, 11.0247, 4.9945)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B39 #2BAEA0

analogous

#AE2B7A #AE2B39 #AE5F2B

triadic

#AE2B39 #39AE2B #2B39AE

tetradic

#AE2B39 #7AAE2B #2BAEA0 #5F2BAE

square

#AE2B39 #7AAE2B #2BAEA0 #5F2BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B39 #2BAE5F #2B7AAE

monochromatic

#4C1319 #7D1F29 #AE2B39 #D14554 #DD7681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AE2B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#AE2B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B39

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B39	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.167 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6f',
    500: '#ae2b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b39;
$custom-light: #ce6f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.588,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50008,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B39

secondary

#70C5BC

accent

#E4D244

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B39

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

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