#AE2E37#AE2E37

#AE2E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.164 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E37
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 51.75, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 57.90, 26.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1522 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.164 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1242, 11.2314, 4.7746)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E37 #2EAEA5

analogous

#AE2E77 #AE2E37 #AE652E

triadic

#AE2E37 #37AE2E #2E37AE

tetradic

#AE2E37 #77AE2E #2EAEA5 #652EAE

square

#AE2E37 #77AE2E #2EAEA5 #652EAE

split-complementary

#AE2E37 #2EAE65 #2E77AE

monochromatic

#4D1418 #7E2128 #AE2E37 #CF4A53 #DC7A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#AE2E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#AE2E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E37

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E37	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.164 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce716d',
    500: '#ae2e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e37;
$custom-light: #ce716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.781,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50254,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E37

secondary

#74C4BF

accent

#E1D746

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E37

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

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