#AE8EA5#AE8EA5

#AE8EA5 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.050 H 336.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EA5
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(317, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(317, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 16.04, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 17.72, 334.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0457 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.05 336.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9195, 31.0621, 39.7988)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EA5 #8EAE97

analogous

#A78EAE #AE8EA5 #AE8E95

triadic

#AE8EA5 #A5AE8E #8EA5AE

tetradic

#AE8EA5 #AEA78E #8EAE97 #8E95AE

square

#AE8EA5 #AEA78E #8EAE97 #8E95AE

split-complementary

#AE8EA5 #95AE8E #8EAEA7

monochromatic

#715168 #946A89 #AE8EA5 #C8B2C1 #E1D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AE8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EA5

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EA5	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.050 336.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6afbf',
    500: '#ae8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ea5;
$custom-light: #c6afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.875,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6834,
    "c": 0.0499,
    "h": 336.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EA5

secondary

#C6D2C9

accent

#9B614B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EA5

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

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