#AE2551#AE2551

#AE2551 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.174 H 7.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2551
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 81)
HSL	hsl(341, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(341, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 56.44, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 57.14, 8.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.172 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.174 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6042, 10.9187, 8.8582)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2551 #25AE82

analogous

#AE2596 #AE2551 #AE3E25

triadic

#AE2551 #51AE25 #2551AE

tetradic

#AE2551 #96AE25 #25AE82 #3E25AE

square

#AE2551 #96AE25 #25AE82 #3E25AE

split-complementary

#AE2551 #25AE3E #2596AE

monochromatic

#491022 #7C1A3A #AE2551 #D53B6C #E06D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#AE2551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#AE2551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2551

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2551	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D674E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.174 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6e81',
    500: '#ae2551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2551;
$custom-light: #cd6e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.73,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50039,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2551

secondary

#68C6A8

accent

#E8B240

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDEE

border

#D3C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2551

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

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