#AE538E#AE538E

#AE538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 342.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE538E
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(321, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(321, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 44.45, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 47.05, 340.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.132 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.138 342.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4318, 17.1402, 27.5549)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE538E #53AE73

analogous

#A053AE #AE538E #AE5360

triadic

#AE538E #8EAE53 #538EAE

tetradic

#AE538E #AEA053 #53AE73 #5360AE

square

#AE538E #AEA053 #53AE73 #5360AE

split-complementary

#AE538E #60AE53 #53AEA0

monochromatic

#5C2B4A #853F6C #AE538E #C27DA9 #D5A6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AE538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AE538E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE538E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE538E	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 342.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887af',
    500: '#ae538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae538e;
$custom-light: #c887af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.099,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57344,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 342.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE538E

secondary

#9AC3A8

accent

#CC835C

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#130B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE538E

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

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