#AE2F45#AE2F45

#AE2F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.163 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2F45
RGB	rgb(174, 47, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 52.24, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 55.18, 18.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.1566 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.163 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5482, 11.4642, 6.8125)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2F45 #2FAE98

analogous

#AE2F84 #AE2F45 #AE582F

triadic

#AE2F45 #45AE2F #2F45AE

tetradic

#AE2F45 #84AE2F #2FAE98 #582FAE

square

#AE2F45 #84AE2F #2FAE98 #582FAE

split-complementary

#AE2F45 #2FAE58 #2F84AE

monochromatic

#4E151F #7E2232 #AE2F45 #CF4C62 #DC7C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#AE2F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#AE2F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2F45

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2F45	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF0738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 47, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.163 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7178',
    500: '#ae2f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2f45;
$custom-light: #cd7178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.606,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50622,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2F45

secondary

#75C4B6

accent

#E1C647

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2F45

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

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