#AE2E46#AE2E46

#AE2E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.164 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2E46
RGB	rgb(174, 46, 70)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 52.67, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 55.34, 17.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1582 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.164 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5400, 11.3977, 6.9642)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2E46 #2EAE96

analogous

#AE2E86 #AE2E46 #AE562E

triadic

#AE2E46 #46AE2E #2E46AE

tetradic

#AE2E46 #86AE2E #2EAE96 #562EAE

square

#AE2E46 #86AE2E #2EAE96 #562EAE

split-complementary

#AE2E46 #2EAE56 #2E86AE

monochromatic

#4D141F #7E2133 #AE2E46 #CF4A63 #DC7A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AE2E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AE2E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2E46

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2E46	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 46, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.164 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7179',
    500: '#ae2e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2e46;
$custom-light: #cd7179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50547,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2E46

secondary

#74C4B5

accent

#E1C446

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2E46

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

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