#AE234D#AE234D

#AE234D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.175 H 9.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE234D
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 77)
HSL	hsl(342, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(342, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.14, 56.72, 11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.14, 57.78, 11.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.1724 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.175 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3980, 10.7394, 8.0712)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE234D #23AE84

analogous

#AE2392 #AE234D #AE3F23

triadic

#AE234D #4DAE23 #234DAE

tetradic

#AE234D #92AE23 #23AE84 #3F23AE

square

#AE234D #92AE23 #23AE84 #3F23AE

split-complementary

#AE234D #23AE3F #2392AE

monochromatic

#480F20 #7B1936 #AE234D #D73768 #E16A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#AE234D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AE234D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE234D

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE234D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE234D	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D664A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae234d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.175 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6d7e',
    500: '#ae234d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae234d;
$custom-light: #cd6d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae234d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.871,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49782,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE234D

secondary

#66C7AA

accent

#E9B63E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDEE

border

#D3C8C9

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE234D

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

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