#AE257D#AE257D

#AE257D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.190 H 346.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE257D
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(321, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(321, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 60.88, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 63.09, 344.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.1853 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.19 346.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8199, 11.8050, 20.5276)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE257D #25AE56

analogous

#9B25AE #AE257D #AE2539

triadic

#AE257D #7DAE25 #257DAE

tetradic

#AE257D #AE9B25 #25AE56 #2539AE

square

#AE257D #AE9B25 #25AE56 #2539AE

split-complementary

#AE257D #39AE25 #25AE9B

monochromatic

#491034 #7C1A59 #AE257D #D53B9E #E06DB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#AE257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#AE257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE257D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE257D	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A527F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63697A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA204E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.190 346.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6fa2',
    500: '#ae257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae257d;
$custom-light: #cb6fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.46,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51584,
    "c": 0.19047,
    "h": 346.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE257D

secondary

#68C68A

accent

#E87C40

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEDF3

border

#D3C8CD

text

#14080F

muted

#837B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE257D

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

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