#AE2B3B#AE2B3B

#AE2B3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.166 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B3B
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 59)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.66, 53.02, 23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.66, 57.84, 23.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.1572 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.166 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1109, 11.0451, 5.2624)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B3B #2BAE9E

analogous

#AE2B7C #AE2B3B #AE5D2B

triadic

#AE2B3B #3BAE2B #2B3BAE

tetradic

#AE2B3B #7CAE2B #2BAE9E #5D2BAE

square

#AE2B3B #7CAE2B #2BAE9E #5D2BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B3B #2BAE5D #2B7CAE

monochromatic

#4C131A #7D1F2A #AE2B3B #D14556 #DD7683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#AE2B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#AE2B3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B3B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B3B	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)

#504C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.166 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f70',
    500: '#ae2b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b3b;
$custom-light: #ce6f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.672,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50044,
    "c": 0.16647,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B3B

secondary

#70C5BB

accent

#E4D044

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B3B

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

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