#AE2C37#AE2C37

#AE2C37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.166 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C37
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 55)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 52.46, 25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 58.40, 26.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.1545 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.166 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0479, 11.0787, 4.7491)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C37 #2CAEA3

analogous

#AE2C78 #AE2C37 #AE622C

triadic

#AE2C37 #37AE2C #2C37AE

tetradic

#AE2C37 #78AE2C #2CAEA3 #622CAE

square

#AE2C37 #78AE2C #2CAEA3 #622CAE

split-complementary

#AE2C37 #2CAE62 #2C78AE

monochromatic

#4C1318 #7D2028 #AE2C37 #D04752 #DD7880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#AE2C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#AE2C37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C37

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C37	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.166 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce706d',
    500: '#ae2c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c37;
$custom-light: #ce706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50065,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C37

secondary

#71C5BE

accent

#E3D545

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C37

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

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