#AE538A#AE538A

#AE538A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.136 H 345.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE538A
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 138)
HSL	hsl(324, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(324, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 43.84, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 45.80, 343.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1309 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.136 345)
XYZ	xyz(25.1369, 17.0222, 26.0015)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE538A #53AE77

analogous

#A453AE #AE538A #AE535D

triadic

#AE538A #8AAE53 #538AAE

tetradic

#AE538A #AEA453 #53AE77 #535DAE

square

#AE538A #AEA453 #53AE77 #535DAE

split-complementary

#AE538A #5DAE53 #53AEA4

monochromatic

#5C2B48 #853F69 #AE538A #C27DA6 #D5A6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AE538A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AE538A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE538A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE538A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE538A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae538a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.136 345.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887ac',
    500: '#ae538a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae538a;
$custom-light: #c887ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae538a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.736,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57185,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 345
  },
  "luminance": 0.1702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE538A

secondary

#9AC3AA

accent

#CC885C

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#130B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE538A

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

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