#A8228B#A8228B

#A8228B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.198 H 338.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8228B
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(313, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(313, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 17.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 62.11, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 67.51, 336.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1847 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.198 338.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3812, 11.3351, 25.4829)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8228B #22A83F

analogous

#8222A8 #A8228B #A82248

triadic

#A8228B #8BA822 #228BA8

tetradic

#A8228B #A88222 #22A83F #2248A8

square

#A8228B #A88222 #22A83F #2248A8

split-complementary

#A8228B #48A822 #22A882

monochromatic

#420D37 #751861 #A8228B #D532B2 #E065C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A8228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A8228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8228B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8228B	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A518E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.198 338.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66ead',
    500: '#a8228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8228b;
$custom-light: #c66ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312.985,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51033,
    "c": 0.19812,
    "h": 338.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8228B

secondary

#61C576

accent

#E9633F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8228B

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

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