#AE2C49#AE2C49

#AE2C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.166 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C49
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 53.59, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 55.60, 15.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.1616 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.166 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5607, 11.2839, 7.4500)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C49 #2CAE91

analogous

#AE2C8A #AE2C49 #AE502C

triadic

#AE2C49 #49AE2C #2C49AE

tetradic

#AE2C49 #8AAE2C #2CAE91 #502CAE

square

#AE2C49 #8AAE2C #2CAE91 #502CAE

split-complementary

#AE2C49 #2CAE50 #2C8AAE

monochromatic

#4C1320 #7D2035 #AE2C49 #D04765 #DD788E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#AE2C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#AE2C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C49

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C49	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.166 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd707b',
    500: '#ae2c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c49;
$custom-light: #cd707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50429,
    "c": 0.16579,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C49

secondary

#71C5B2

accent

#E3C045

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C49

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

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