#AF253E#AF253E

#AF253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.173 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF253E
RGB	rgb(175, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.22, 55.42, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.22, 59.16, 20.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.1653 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.173 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2123, 10.7878, 5.6271)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF253E #25AF96

analogous

#AF2583 #AF253E #AF5125

triadic

#AF253E #3EAF25 #253EAF

tetradic

#AF253E #83AF25 #25AF96 #5125AF

square

#AF253E #83AF25 #25AF96 #5125AF

split-complementary

#AF253E #25AF51 #2583AF

monochromatic

#4A101A #7C1A2C #AF253E #D63C57 #E06E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#AF253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#AF253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF253E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF253E	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.173 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6d73',
    500: '#af253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af253e;
$custom-light: #ce6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.13,
    "s": 65.094,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49774,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF253E

secondary

#69C7B6

accent

#E8CA40

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF253E

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

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