#AE2D45#AE2D45

#AE2D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.165 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2D45
RGB	rgb(174, 45, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.09, 52.96, 17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.09, 55.75, 18.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.1589 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.165 15)
XYZ	xyz(19.4701, 11.3079, 6.7865)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2D45 #2DAE96

analogous

#AE2D85 #AE2D45 #AE552D

triadic

#AE2D45 #45AE2D #2D45AE

tetradic

#AE2D45 #85AE2D #2DAE96 #552DAE

square

#AE2D45 #85AE2D #2DAE96 #552DAE

split-complementary

#AE2D45 #2DAE55 #2D85AE

monochromatic

#4D141E #7D2032 #AE2D45 #D04862 #DC798C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#AE2D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#AE2D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2D45

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2D45	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 45, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.165 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7178',
    500: '#ae2d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2d45;
$custom-light: #cd7178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.837,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50431,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.11305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2D45

secondary

#72C4B5

accent

#E2C546

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2D45

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

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