#AE2F40#AE2F40

#AE2F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.163 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2F40
RGB	rgb(174, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 51.91, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 55.91, 21.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.1546 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.163 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3995, 11.4047, 6.0293)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2F40 #2FAE9D

analogous

#AE2F7F #AE2F40 #AE5E2F

triadic

#AE2F40 #40AE2F #2F40AE

tetradic

#AE2F40 #7FAE2F #2FAE9D #5E2FAE

square

#AE2F40 #7FAE2F #2FAE9D #5E2FAE

split-complementary

#AE2F40 #2FAE5E #2F7FAE

monochromatic

#4E151D #7E222E #AE2F40 #CF4C5D #DC7C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#AE2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AE2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2F40

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2F40	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)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.163 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7174',
    500: '#ae2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2f40;
$custom-light: #cd7174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.969,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50518,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2F40

secondary

#75C4B9

accent

#E1CC47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2F40

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

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