#AE9CA2#AE9CA2

#AE9CA2 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.023 H 355.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CA2
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(340, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(340, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 7.66, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 7.69, 354.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0226 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.023 355.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8649, 35.3848, 39.1160)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CA2 #9CAEA8

analogous

#AE9CAB #AE9CA2 #AE9F9C

triadic

#AE9CA2 #A2AE9C #9CA2AE

tetradic

#AE9CA2 #ABAE9C #9CAEA8 #9F9CAE

square

#AE9CA2 #ABAE9C #9CAEA8 #9F9CAE

split-complementary

#AE9CA2 #9CAE9F #9CABAE

monochromatic

#725D64 #927A82 #AE9CA2 #CABEC2 #E5DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AE9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CA2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CA2	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.023 355.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9bd',
    500: '#ae9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ca2;
$custom-light: #c6b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.0227,
    "h": 355.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CA2

secondary

#D0D6D4

accent

#947E51

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CA2

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

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