#AC4362Hot (#AC4362) is a mid-tone, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 5°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.14. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #AC4362 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(172, 67, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(342, 44%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(342, 61%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61%, 43%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(43.8 45.8 4.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.533 0.140 5) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ad405b — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward red#af4360 — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: leans toward red#ac4362 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ac4363 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Hot in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 5.62:1 and against black 3.73:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#fca5b9 · #d97a91 · #ac4362 · #8b2a49 · #60042a · #2f0010
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#c9775f · #bd5c5e · #ac4362 · #8e3767 · #6f2e67 · #512560
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ea9047 · #ab7f60 · #ac4362 · #832e48 · #61132f · #321500
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#23e1d0 · #a4838a · #ac4362 · #713b48 · #4d202c · #280c14
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f6f3 · #978085 · #ac4362 · #4a5654 · #301b20 · #000201
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f3 · #bccdca · #8da19d · #0c2824 · #000504 · #ac4362
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d4fcf5 · #009c90 · #ac4362 · #006159 · #002925 · #130003
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#caddbc · #77a2ae · #548d6c · #ac4362 · #4c5c70 · #1b071a
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ebf7d9 · #789342 · #ac4362 · #00588c · #00243f · #010400
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#faf2d3 · #9d8629 · #ac4362 · #006159 · #161459 · #000201
#BE6078 · #CF7B8F · #DF97A7 · #EFB2BF · #FFCED8
#923350 · #78243F · #60152E · #48051F · #310010
#A04F64 · #945866 · #876169
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.