#A8234E#A8234E

#A8234E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.169 H 7.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8234E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 78)
HSL	hsl(341, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(341, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.98, 55.11, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.98, 55.78, 8.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.168 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.169 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1263, 10.0795, 8.1973)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8234E #23A87D

analogous

#A82390 #A8234E #A83B23

triadic

#A8234E #4EA823 #234EA8

tetradic

#A8234E #90A823 #23A87D #3B23A8

square

#A8234E #90A823 #23A87D #3B23A8

split-complementary

#A8234E #23A83B #2390A8

monochromatic

#430E1F #751836 #A8234E #D53468 #DF668D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A8234E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A8234E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8234E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8234E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8234E	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46484F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69634B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8234e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.169 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c7f',
    500: '#a8234e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8234e;
$custom-light: #c86c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8234e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.602,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48729,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8234E

secondary

#62C5A5

accent

#E8B23F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECEE

border

#D3C7C9

text

#14080A

muted

#837A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8234E

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

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