#AE9CAA#AE9CAA

#AE9CAA is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.029 H 333.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CAA
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(313, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(313, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 9.13, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 10.35, 331.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0257 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.029 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5988, 35.6784, 42.9810)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CAA #9CAEA0

analogous

#A99CAE #AE9CAA #AE9CA1

triadic

#AE9CAA #AAAE9C #9CAAAE

tetradic

#AE9CAA #AEA99C #9CAEA0 #9CA1AE

square

#AE9CAA #AEA99C #9CAEA0 #9CA1AE

split-complementary

#AE9CAA #A1AE9C #9CAEA9

monochromatic

#725D6E #927A8D #AE9CAA #CABEC7 #E5DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AE9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AE9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CAA

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CAA	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.029 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9c3',
    500: '#ae9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9caa;
$custom-light: #c6b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.02875,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CAA

secondary

#D0D6D1

accent

#946051

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CAA

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

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