#AE8CA3#AE8CA3

#AE8CA3 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.052 H 338.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CA3
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(319, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(319, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 16.79, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 18.29, 336.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.0482 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.052 338.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4440, 30.4001, 38.7493)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CA3 #8CAE97

analogous

#A88CAE #AE8CA3 #AE8C92

triadic

#AE8CA3 #A3AE8C #8CA3AE

tetradic

#AE8CA3 #AEA88C #8CAE97 #8C92AE

square

#AE8CA3 #AEA88C #8CAE97 #8C92AE

split-complementary

#AE8CA3 #92AE8C #8CAEA8

monochromatic

#704F66 #946886 #AE8CA3 #C7B0C0 #E1D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AE8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CA3

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CA3	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.052 338.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adbe',
    500: '#ae8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ca3;
$custom-light: #c6adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.412,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.05185,
    "h": 338.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CA3

secondary

#C5D1C9

accent

#9C644A

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F6

border

#D1CED0

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CA3

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

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