#AE538B#AE538B

#AE538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.136 H 344.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE538B
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(323, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(323, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 43.99, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 46.10, 342.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1312 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.136 344.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2096, 17.0513, 26.3846)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE538B #53AE76

analogous

#A353AE #AE538B #AE535D

triadic

#AE538B #8BAE53 #538BAE

tetradic

#AE538B #AEA353 #53AE76 #535DAE

square

#AE538B #AEA353 #53AE76 #535DAE

split-complementary

#AE538B #5DAE53 #53AEA3

monochromatic

#5C2B49 #853F6A #AE538B #C27DA7 #D5A6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AE538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AE538B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE538B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE538B	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.136 344.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887ad',
    500: '#ae538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae538b;
$custom-light: #c887ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.077,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57224,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 344.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE538B

secondary

#9AC3AA

accent

#CC875C

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#130B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE538B

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

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