#AE557D#AE557D

#AE557D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.125 H 353.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE557D
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 125)
HSL	hsl(333, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(333, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 40.94, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 41.31, 352.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1238 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.125 353.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4066, 16.9785, 21.3898)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE557D #55AE86

analogous

#AE55A9 #AE557D #AE5955

triadic

#AE557D #7DAE55 #557DAE

tetradic

#AE557D #A9AE55 #55AE86 #5955AE

square

#AE557D #A9AE55 #55AE86 #5955AE

split-complementary

#AE557D #55AE59 #55A9AE

monochromatic

#5D2C42 #86405F #AE557D #C27E9D #D5A8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AE557D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AE557D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE557D

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE557D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE557D	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60697E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78787B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae557d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.125 353.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c988a2',
    500: '#ae557d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae557d;
$custom-light: #c988a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae557d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.034,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56997,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 353.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE557D

secondary

#9CC3B1

accent

#CB9A5C

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F9F0F2

border

#D2CBCC

text

#130C0F

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE557D

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

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