#AE2E43#AE2E43

#AE2E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.164 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E43
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 52.47, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 55.73, 19.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.157 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.164 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4476, 11.3607, 6.4779)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E43 #2EAE99

analogous

#AE2E83 #AE2E43 #AE592E

triadic

#AE2E43 #43AE2E #2E43AE

tetradic

#AE2E43 #83AE2E #2EAE99 #592EAE

square

#AE2E43 #83AE2E #2EAE99 #592EAE

split-complementary

#AE2E43 #2EAE59 #2E83AE

monochromatic

#4D141E #7E2130 #AE2E43 #CF4A60 #DC7A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#AE2E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#AE2E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E43

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E43	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.164 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7176',
    500: '#ae2e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e43;
$custom-light: #cd7176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.156,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50482,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E43

secondary

#74C4B7

accent

#E1C846

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E43

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

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