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magenta / pink · warm

#ab063b

a dark, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Brown

Token name suggestion: Slate Ruby

RGB
171, 6, 59
HSL
341°, 93%, 35%
CMYK
0, 97, 66, 33
Luminance
0.0910

#ab063b is a dark electric magenta / pink, 341° on the wheel and 27/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.44:1). As text it scores 7.44:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Brown, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(341 93% 35%)rgb(171 6 59)Base step 800AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ab063b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ab063b
Hue
341°
magenta / pink
Saturation
93%
electric
Lightness
35%
dark
Brightness
67%
HSV value
Perceived
38%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0910
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
27/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
7.44:1
Closest name
Brown
ΔE2000 8.6
Chroma
63.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.474
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 19
Web-safe
#990033
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue341° of 360°
Saturation93%
Lightness35%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ab063b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool27% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red95%
Green1%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ab063b
HEX (8-digit)#ab063bff
RGBrgb(171, 6, 59)
RGBArgba(171, 6, 59, 1)
HSLhsl(341, 93%, 35%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341, 96%, 67%)
HWBhwb(341 2% 33%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 97%, 66%, 33%)
LABlab(36.2 60.3 18.5)
LCHlch(36.2 63.1 17.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.474 0.186 13.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(17.65, 9.11, 4.97)
Decimal11208251
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.024 0.231)
Web-safe#990033

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ab063b;
background-color: #ab063b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ab063b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ab063b] bg-[#ab063b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ab063b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.024, blue: 0.231)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.024, blue: 0.231, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#AB063B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFAB063B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFAB063B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(59, 6, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 6, 59)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 6, 59)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 6, 59)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.0235f, 0.2314f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,6,59}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ab063b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ab063b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7B042B, #EED3DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ab063b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDF2F5;
  --brand-100: #FBE4EC;
  --brand-200: #F9C2D4;
  --brand-300: #FB93B4;
  --brand-400: #F95C8F;
  --brand-500: #F7266A;
  --brand-600: #EC0852;
  --brand-700: #C50744;
  --brand-800: #ab063b;
  --brand-900: #72092A;
  --brand-950: #47051B;
  --brand: #ab063b;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EDC0CE;
  --brand-hover: #88052F;
  --brand-pressed: #660423;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241419;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F5',
        100: '#FBE4EC',
        200: '#F9C2D4',
        300: '#FB93B4',
        400: '#F95C8F',
        500: '#F7266A',
        600: '#EC0852',
        700: '#C50744',
        800: '#ab063b',
        900: '#72092A',
        950: '#47051B',
        DEFAULT: '#ab063b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F5,
  '100': #FBE4EC,
  '200': #F9C2D4,
  '300': #FB93B4,
  '400': #F95C8F,
  '500': #F7266A,
  '600': #EC0852,
  '700': #C50744,
  '800': #ab063b,
  '900': #72092A,
  '950': #47051B,
);
$brand-base: #ab063b;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F9C2D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FB93B4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F95C8F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F7266A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#EC0852", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C50744", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#ab063b", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#72092A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#47051B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #ab063b · 7.44:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.44:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.82:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #ab063b as text scores 7.44:1 on white and 2.82:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FEE6EE at 6.30:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#ab063b · 7.44:1
AA on whitealready passes
#ab063b
The quick fox
#ab063b · 7.44:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#ab063b
The quick fox
#E6084F · 4.51:1
AA on black+12% L
#E6084F
The quick fox
#F96091 · 7.11:1
AAA on black+33% L
#F96091

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #AB063B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ab063b on white: 7.44:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ab063b on black: 2.82:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ab063b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ab063b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.44:1AaAa
Slate 507.12:1AaAa
Slate 1006.80:1AaAa
Slate 2006.04:1AaAa
Slate 3005.01:1AaAa
Slate 4002.90:1AaAa
Slate 5001.56:1AaAa
Slate 6001.02:1AaAa
Slate 7001.39:1AaAa
Slate 8001.96:1AaAa
Slate 9002.40:1AaAa
Black2.82:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #42413B
deuteranopia · #696037
tritanopia · #BC0023

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ab063b is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F5
#FBE4EC
#F9C2D4
#FB93B4
#F95C8F
#F7266A
#EC0852
#C50744
#ab063b
#72092A
#47051B
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F5Darkest = 950 · #47051BText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.047 13.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.075 13.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.112 13.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.145 13.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.172 13.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.186 13.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.186 13.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.175 13.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.157 13.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.131 13.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.103 13.8);
}

Colors that work with #ab063b

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0CE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B64
Captions on the surface
Accent#02CA58
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7B042B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241419
Dark-mode background
Hover#88052F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#660423
Two steps down
Disabled#A97888
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C5003F
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ab063b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

expressiveyouthfulwarmconfident

Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight65/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#06AB76
Analogous left#AB068E
Analogous right#AB2306
Split-complement 1#06AB23
Split-complement 2#068EAB
Triadic 1#3BAB06
Triadic 2#063BAB
Tetradic#8EAB06
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°341°

#ab063b sits at 341°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green2.4%
Blue23.1%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
6
0x06
B · 0–255
59
0x3b

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta96.5%
Yellow65.5%
Key (black)32.9%

Total ink coverage is 195%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ab063b text on a black background

contrast 2.82:1

Card sample

#ab063b text on a white background

contrast 7.44:1

Card sample

#ab063b on grey

6.80:1

#ab063b on its own surface

6.85:1

#ab063b on its dark surface

2.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ab063b;
Background color
Panel with #ab063b background
background-color: #ab063b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ab063b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 6, 59, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 6, 59, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ab063b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab063b, #AB3F06);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ab063b, #AB6806);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ab063b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ab063b;
caret-color: #ab063b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ab063b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ab063b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ab063b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ab063b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(171, 6, 59, 0.5)
rgb(171 6 59 / 50%)
#ab063b80
hsl(341 93% 35% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ab063b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ab063b1a#F7E6EB
20%#ab063b33#EECDD8
40%#ab063b66#DD9BB1
60%#ab063b99#CD6A89
80%#ab063bcc#BC3862

Gradients from #ab063b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6084F, #ab063b 45%, #7B042B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ab063b, #8D3F05);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ab063b, #06AB76);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7165E 0%, #ab063b 45%, #7B042B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DC08C8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C93A07 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7B042B 0%, transparent 65%), #ab063b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ab063b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ab063b in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
BeautyFashionLifestyleYouth brands
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.82:1 — lift it to #E6084F for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ab063b, answered

What color is #ab063b?

#ab063b is a dark electric magenta / pink, closest to Brown (ΔE2000 8.6). It sits at 341° on the hue wheel with 93% saturation and 35% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ab063b?

rgb(171, 6, 59) — 171 red, 6 green and 59 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 2.4% / 23.1% by channel.

What is #ab063b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(341, 93%, 35%) and hsv(341, 96%, 67%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ab063b a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0910 and perceived brightness is 38%, so white text on it reaches 7.44:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ab063b?

White. It scores 7.44:1 against #ab063b, versus 2.82:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #ab063b accessible on a white background?

#ab063b on white scores 7.44:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #ab063b?

#06AB76 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #06AB23 and #068EAB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ab063b?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EDC0CE for borders, #9B4B64 for secondary text, #02CA58 as an accent and #7B042B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AB068E and #AB2306 stays calm, while #06AB76 is the loudest partner.

What is #ab063b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 97%, 66%, 33%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #ab063b warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 27 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #AB0D06; nudged cooler, #AD0478.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ab063b?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 19 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ab063b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ab063b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ab063b] or text-[#ab063b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ab063b with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 6, 59, 0.5), or #ab063b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5839D; over black, #56031E.

Is #ab063b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #990033, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ab063b mean?

As a magenta / pink, it reads expressive, youthful, warm. Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #ab063b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6084F, #ab063b 45%, #7B042B). For more colour, a short hue run to #8D3F05 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ab063b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ab063b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.