#AE2B40#AE2B40

#AE2B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.166 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B40
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 53.32, 20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 56.99, 20.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.1591 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.166 17)
XYZ	xyz(19.2469, 11.0994, 5.9784)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B40 #2BAE99

analogous

#AE2B81 #AE2B40 #AE582B

triadic

#AE2B40 #40AE2B #2B40AE

tetradic

#AE2B40 #81AE2B #2BAE99 #582BAE

square

#AE2B40 #81AE2B #2BAE99 #582BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B40 #2BAE58 #2B81AE

monochromatic

#4C131C #7D1F2E #AE2B40 #D1455C #DD7687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#AE2B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AE2B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B40

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B40	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.166 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7074',
    500: '#ae2b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b40;
$custom-light: #cd7074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.382,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50141,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.11097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B40

secondary

#70C5B7

accent

#E4CA44

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →