#AE538D#AE538D

#AE538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 343.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE538D
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(322, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(322, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 44.30, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 46.72, 341.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1318 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.138 343.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3570, 17.1103, 27.1612)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE538D #53AE74

analogous

#A153AE #AE538D #AE5360

triadic

#AE538D #8DAE53 #538DAE

tetradic

#AE538D #AEA153 #53AE74 #5360AE

square

#AE538D #AEA153 #53AE74 #5360AE

split-complementary

#AE538D #60AE53 #53AEA1

monochromatic

#5C2B4A #853F6C #AE538D #C27DA9 #D5A6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AE538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AE538D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE538D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE538D	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 343.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887ae',
    500: '#ae538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae538d;
$custom-light: #c887ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.758,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57304,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 343.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE538D

secondary

#9AC3A9

accent

#CC845C

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#130B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE538D

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

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