#AE3856#AE3856

#AE3856 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.154 H 9.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3856
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 86)
HSL	hsl(345, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(345, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 50.09, 9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 50.96, 10.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1522 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.154 9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5512, 12.5016, 10.1331)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3856 #38AE90

analogous

#AE3891 #AE3856 #AE5538

triadic

#AE3856 #56AE38 #3856AE

tetradic

#AE3856 #91AE38 #38AE90 #5538AE

square

#AE3856 #91AE38 #38AE90 #5538AE

split-complementary

#AE3856 #38AE55 #3891AE

monochromatic

#511A28 #80293F #AE3856 #CA5976 #D9889C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#AE3856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#AE3856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3856

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3856	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.154 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7685',
    500: '#ae3856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3856;
$custom-light: #cb7685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.746,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51974,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3856

secondary

#7FC3B2

accent

#DBB74D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#14090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3856

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

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