Closest web-safe match: #993366

Color Details and Palettes for #AD2E50

Details about the color Minted Blueberry Lemonade#AD2E50

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Rose family Warm WCAG ink: white
HEX #AD2E50 RGB rgb(173, 46, 80) HSL hsl(344, 58%, 43%) CMYK cmyk(0%, 73%, 54%, 32%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #AD2E50

#AD2E50 is a warm color from the Rose family, closest in name to “Minted Blueberry Lemonade”. In RGB it is rgb(173, 46, 80); in HSL, hsl(344, 58%, 43%).

The color Minted Blueberry Lemonade, with hexadecimal code #ad2e50, is part of the pink color family, a hue that spans from playful and youthful to elegant and gender-neutral. Pink evokes warmth, tenderness, and emotional connection across diverse cultural contexts. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Love, Affection, Kindness and Playfulness. Pink is often connected to love, compassion, and femininity in Western cultures, while in Japan, it can symbolize spring and cherry blossoms. It can also represent universal harmony and emotional balance. At 58% saturation, this color is clearly chromatic yet balanced—colorful enough to be distinctive without overwhelming adjacent content. With a mid-range lightness of 43%, it offers excellent versatility—readable as text on light backgrounds and visible as an element on dark ones. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Love, Affection, Kindness, or Playfulness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 173, 46, 80 red · green · blue HSL 344° 58% 43% hue · sat · light HSV 344° 73% 68% design-app pickers CMYK 0 73 54 32 print inks, % Luminance 0.114 0 dark → 1 light On black 3.28:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio On white 6.40:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #993366 closest web-safe Best text white ideal foreground Character Vivid warm · rose family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #AD2E50

Minted Blueberry Lemonade (#AD2E50) belongs to the Rose color family.

With moderate saturation and balanced lightness, this muted tone feels sophisticated and understated. Muted hues like this excel in editorial design, professional portfolios, and interior spaces that seek calm refinement.

Historical Background

Rose as a color name predates its association with the flower—the Old English word referenced a range of warm pinkish-red hues. During the Renaissance, rose madder pigment (from the madder plant root) was a staple of portrait painters, prized for realistic skin tones. In Victorian flower language, different rose colors carried coded messages: pink for admiration, red for love, white for purity.

Design & Usage Tips

Rose tones—ranging from dusty rose to vivid rose—bridge pink and red, offering warmth without pink's potential for seeming overly sweet or red's intensity. They are excellent for cosmetics, wine, and luxury lifestyle brands. Pair rose with gold for opulence, or with sage green for a natural, sophisticated palette.

Positioned on the warm side of the color wheel (hue 344°), it naturally draws the eye and creates a sense of closeness—making it effective for calls to action, food photography, and hospitality branding. With 58% saturation, it occupies a comfortable middle ground: colorful enough to be distinctive, yet restrained enough for extended reading or large surface areas.

Psychological Impact

Rose conveys romance, gratitude, and grace. It feels more mature and nuanced than bright pink, appealing to audiences seeking elegance and emotional depth. In interior design, rose tones create inviting, conversation-friendly spaces.

With a mid-range lightness of 43%, this tone is highly versatile: dark enough to serve as body text on white, yet light enough to stand out on charcoal or navy backgrounds.

Creative Design Ideas

Use a dusty-rose background with white serif typography for a luxury wedding brand. Combine vivid rose with deep teal for a contemporary editorial palette. In packaging, rose-gold metallic finishes paired with rose-colored paper create a tactile, premium unboxing experience.

Every format

#AD2E50 Color Conversions

Every way to write Minted Blueberry Lemonade — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#AD2E50

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(173, 46, 80)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(344, 58%, 43%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(344, 73%, 68%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(344 18% 32%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(0%, 73%, 54%, 32%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(50.61% 0.164 9.59)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(50.61% 0.161 0.027)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 40.27, a: 53.13, b: 10.70

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 40.27, C: 54.20, H: 11.38

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 19.66, Y: 11.42, Z: 8.76

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
11349584

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #AD2E50

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Minted Blueberry Lemonade.

Red 173/255 57.9% Green 46/255 15.4% Blue 80/255 26.8%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Minted Blueberry Lemonade.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #AD2E50

Ink needed to reproduce Minted Blueberry Lemonade in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Magenta.

0% CYAN 73% MAGENTA 54% YELLOW 32% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #AD2E50

How bright Minted Blueberry Lemonade is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.114
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 3.28:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 6.40:1 ✓ AA ✕ AAA ✓ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #AD2E50

Copy-and-paste CSS for Minted Blueberry Lemonade — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

minted-blueberry-lemonade.css
background-color: #AD2E50;
color: #AD2E50;
border: 2px solid #AD2E50;
background-color: rgb(173, 46, 80);
background-color: hsl(344, 58%, 43%);
--color: #AD2E50;

Shades · light to dark

#AD2E50 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Minted Blueberry Lemonade — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F7EAED
#EBCBD3
#DEABB9
#D28C9F
#C66D85
#B94D6A
#AD2E50
#932744
#792038
#5F192C
#451220
#2B0C14
#110508

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Harmony · 180° apart

#AD2E50 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#AD2E50
#2EAD8B

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#AD2E50 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#AD2E50
#AD4C2E
#AD2E90
#AD8B2E
#8B2EAD
#90AD2E
#4C2EAD

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Harmony · 120° apart

#AD2E50 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#AD2E50
#50AD2E
#2E50AD

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Harmony · 90° apart

#AD2E50 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#AD2E50
#90AD2E
#2EAD8B
#4C2EAD

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #AD2E50

How Minted Blueberry Lemonade reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#AD2E50
#7D8746
#767548
#A74140
#4B4B4B
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✕ Not friendly Protanopia red weakness ✕ Not friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✓ Friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #AD2E50

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#2EAD8B
#AD4C2E
#50AD2E
#90AD2E
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#AD2E50 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Mauve It#BB4466
Vampirella#992244
Cabaret#CC5566
Macabre#880033
Minted Blueberry Lemonade#BB2255
Minted Blueberry Lemonade#AA3355
Roses Are Red#AA3344
Royal Flush#AA3366

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #AD2E50

The closest named colors to #AD2E50 — same mood, each with its own character.

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Amore#AE2F48
French Wine#AC1E44
Cry of a Rose#B23C5D
Velvet Magic#BB1155
Raspberry#B00149
Vampirella#9B2848
Cherryade#B22743
Rural Red#BB1144
Fancy Red Wine#B40441
Roses Are Red#AA3646

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Minted Blueberry Lemonade (#ad2e50)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Minted Blueberry Lemonade — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #AD2E50

#AD2E50 is a warm color from the Rose family. Its closest matched name is “Minted Blueberry Lemonade”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(173, 46, 80); in HSL, hsl(344, 58%, 43%).
In RGB, #AD2E50 is rgb(173, 46, 80); in HSL it is hsl(344, 58%, 43%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(0%, 73%, 54%, 32%).
#AD2E50 has a contrast ratio of 3.28:1 against black and 6.40:1 against white. For readability, white body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while black does not.
The direct complement of #AD2E50 is #2EAD8B (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #AD2E50 in the palette sections above.