#ae2a57

Color #ae2a57

A moderately saturated medium pink.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 23.28 Nearest Tailwind class pink-700 #c6005c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae2a57

RGB

rgb(174, 42, 87)

HSL

hsl(339.5, 61.1%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(339.5, 75.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 50%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(40.16, 55.37, 6.13)

LCH

lch(40.16, 55.71, 6.32)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.17, 5.44)

HWB

hwb(339.5, 16.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2aae81

Analogous

#ae2a99

#ae2a57

#ae3f2a

Triadic

#ae2a57

#57ae2a

#2a57ae

Split-complementary

#ae2a57

#2aae3f

#2a99ae

Tetradic

#ae2a57

#ae812a

#2aae81

#2a57ae

Square

#ae2a57

#99ae2a

#2aae81

#3f2aae

Shades

Color #ae2a57 mixed toward black.

#912349

#741c3a

#57152c

#3a0e1d

#1d070f

Tints

Color #ae2a57 mixed toward white.

#cf3a6d

#d9618a

#e289a7

#ecb0c5

#f5d8e2

Tones

Color #ae2a57 mixed toward gray.

#a3355b

#98405e

#8d4b62

#825665

#776169

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89884f · ΔE 48.7

Deuteranopia

#8f964d · ΔE 55.3

Tritanopia

#aa4846 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae2a57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae2a57]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Frequently asked questions

#ae2a57 (#ae2a57) is rgb(174, 42, 87) in RGB.

No, #ae2a57 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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