#AE538C#AE538C

#AE538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.137 H 343.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE538C
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(322, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(322, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 19.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 44.14, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 46.41, 342.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1315 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.137 343.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2830, 17.0806, 26.7711)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE538C #53AE75

analogous

#A253AE #AE538C #AE535E

triadic

#AE538C #8CAE53 #538CAE

tetradic

#AE538C #AEA253 #53AE75 #535EAE

square

#AE538C #AEA253 #53AE75 #535EAE

split-complementary

#AE538C #5EAE53 #53AEA2

monochromatic

#5C2B49 #853F6B #AE538C #C27DA8 #D5A6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AE538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AE538C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE538C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE538C	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.137 343.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887ad',
    500: '#ae538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae538c;
$custom-light: #c887ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.418,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57264,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 343.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE538C

secondary

#9AC3A9

accent

#CC865C

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#130B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE538C

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

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