#AE238B#AE238B

#AE238B is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.201 H 340.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE238B
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(315, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(315, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 63.22, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 67.81, 338.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1894 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.201 340.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7175, 12.0672, 25.5539)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE238B #23AE46

analogous

#8B23AE #AE238B #AE2345

triadic

#AE238B #8BAE23 #238BAE

tetradic

#AE238B #AE8B23 #23AE46 #2345AE

square

#AE238B #AE8B23 #23AE46 #2345AE

split-complementary

#AE238B #45AE23 #23AE8B

monochromatic

#480F3A #7B1962 #AE238B #D737AF #E16AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#AE238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#AE238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE238B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE238B	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30538E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.201 340.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6fad',
    500: '#ae238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae238b;
$custom-light: #ca6fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.108,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52086,
    "c": 0.20064,
    "h": 340.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE238B

secondary

#66C77E

accent

#E9693E

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEDF4

border

#D3C8CE

text

#140810

muted

#837B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE238B

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

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