#AE257A#AE257A

#AE257A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.189 H 348.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE257A
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(323, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(323, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 29.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 60.52, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 62.32, 346.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1847 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.189 348)
XYZ	xyz(21.6311, 11.7295, 19.5335)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE257A #25AE59

analogous

#9E25AE #AE257A #AE2535

triadic

#AE257A #7AAE25 #257AAE

tetradic

#AE257A #AE9E25 #25AE59 #2535AE

square

#AE257A #AE9E25 #25AE59 #2535AE

split-complementary

#AE257A #35AE25 #25AE9E

monochromatic

#491033 #7C1A57 #AE257A #D53B9B #E06DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#AE257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#AE257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE257A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE257A	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B517C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB1E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.189 348.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6fa0',
    500: '#ae257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae257a;
$custom-light: #cb6fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.774,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51456,
    "c": 0.18883,
    "h": 348
  },
  "luminance": 0.11727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE257A

secondary

#68C68C

accent

#E88040

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEDF2

border

#D3C8CC

text

#14080E

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE257A

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

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