#AE2D40#AE2D40

#AE2D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.164 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2D40
RGB	rgb(174, 45, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 52.63, 20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 56.46, 21.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.1569 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.164 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3214, 11.2484, 6.0033)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2D40 #2DAE9B

analogous

#AE2D80 #AE2D40 #AE5B2D

triadic

#AE2D40 #40AE2D #2D40AE

tetradic

#AE2D40 #80AE2D #2DAE9B #5B2DAE

square

#AE2D40 #80AE2D #2DAE9B #5B2DAE

split-complementary

#AE2D40 #2DAE5B #2D80AE

monochromatic

#4D141C #7D202E #AE2D40 #D0485C #DC7988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#AE2D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#AE2D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2D40

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2D40	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 45, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.164 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7074',
    500: '#ae2d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2d40;
$custom-light: #cd7074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.163,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50326,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2D40

secondary

#72C4B8

accent

#E2CB46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2D40

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

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