#AE2C43#AE2C43

#AE2C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.165 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C43
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 67)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.93, 53.17, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.93, 56.28, 19.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.1592 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.165 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3713, 11.2081, 6.4525)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C43 #2CAE97

analogous

#AE2C84 #AE2C43 #AE562C

triadic

#AE2C43 #43AE2C #2C43AE

tetradic

#AE2C43 #84AE2C #2CAE97 #562CAE

square

#AE2C43 #84AE2C #2CAE97 #562CAE

split-complementary

#AE2C43 #2CAE56 #2C84AE

monochromatic

#4C131D #7D2030 #AE2C43 #D0475F #DD788A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#AE2C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#AE2C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C43

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C43	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.165 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7076',
    500: '#ae2c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c43;
$custom-light: #cd7076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50295,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C43

secondary

#71C5B6

accent

#E3C745

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C43

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

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