#AE8CA2#AE8CA2

#AE8CA2 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.051 H 339.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CA2
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(321, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(321, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 16.61, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 17.92, 337.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0478 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.051 339.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3547, 30.3644, 38.2793)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CA2 #8CAE98

analogous

#A98CAE #AE8CA2 #AE8C91

triadic

#AE8CA2 #A2AE8C #8CA2AE

tetradic

#AE8CA2 #AEA98C #8CAE98 #8C91AE

square

#AE8CA2 #AEA98C #8CAE98 #8C91AE

split-complementary

#AE8CA2 #91AE8C #8CAEA9

monochromatic

#704F65 #946885 #AE8CA2 #C7B0BF #E1D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CA2

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CA2	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.051 339.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adbd',
    500: '#ae8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ca2;
$custom-light: #c6adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.176,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67852,
    "c": 0.05099,
    "h": 339.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CA2

secondary

#C5D1C9

accent

#9C674A

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F6

border

#D1CED0

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CA2

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

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