#AE2B43#AE2B43

#AE2B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.166 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B43
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 67)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 53.52, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 56.56, 18.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1603 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.166 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3345, 11.1345, 6.4402)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B43 #2BAE96

analogous

#AE2B84 #AE2B43 #AE552B

triadic

#AE2B43 #43AE2B #2B43AE

tetradic

#AE2B43 #84AE2B #2BAE96 #552BAE

square

#AE2B43 #84AE2B #2BAE96 #552BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B43 #2BAE55 #2B84AE

monochromatic

#4C131D #7D1F30 #AE2B43 #D1455F #DD7689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#AE2B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#AE2B43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B43

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B43	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.166 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7076',
    500: '#ae2b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b43;
$custom-light: #cd7076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50204,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B43

secondary

#70C5B5

accent

#E4C644

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B43

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

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