#AE9CA6#AE9CA6

#AE9CA6 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.025 H 343.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CA6
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(327, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(327, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 8.39, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 8.84, 341.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0242 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.025 343.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2262, 35.5293, 41.0185)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CA6 #9CAEA4

analogous

#AD9CAE #AE9CA6 #AE9C9D

triadic

#AE9CA6 #A6AE9C #9CA6AE

tetradic

#AE9CA6 #AEAD9C #9CAEA4 #9C9DAE

square

#AE9CA6 #AEAD9C #9CAEA4 #9C9DAE

split-complementary

#AE9CA6 #9DAE9C #9CAEAD

monochromatic

#725D69 #927A88 #AE9CA6 #CABEC4 #E5DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AE9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CA6

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CA6	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.025 343.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9c0',
    500: '#ae9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ca6;
$custom-light: #c6b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.667,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.02527,
    "h": 343.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CA6

secondary

#D0D6D3

accent

#946F51

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CA6

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

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