#AE2356#AE2356

#AE2356 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.176 H 4.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2356
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 86)
HSL	hsl(338, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(338, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 57.43, 5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 57.71, 5.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1758 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.176 4.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7381, 10.8754, 9.8621)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2356 #23AE7B

analogous

#AE239B #AE2356 #AE3623

triadic

#AE2356 #56AE23 #2356AE

tetradic

#AE2356 #9BAE23 #23AE7B #3623AE

square

#AE2356 #9BAE23 #23AE7B #3623AE

split-complementary

#AE2356 #23AE36 #239BAE

monochromatic

#480F24 #7B193D #AE2356 #D73772 #E16A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#AE2356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#AE2356 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2356

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2356	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.176 4.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d85',
    500: '#ae2356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2356;
$custom-light: #cc6d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.986,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50028,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 4.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2356

secondary

#66C7A3

accent

#E9AB3E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2356

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

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