#A8235B#A8235B

#A8235B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.173 H 0.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8235B
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(335, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(335, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 45.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, 56.23, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 56.24, 0.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1727 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.173 0.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6393, 10.2847, 10.8991)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8235B #23A870

analogous

#A8239D #A8235B #A82E23

triadic

#A8235B #5BA823 #235BA8

tetradic

#A8235B #9DA823 #23A870 #2E23A8

square

#A8235B #9DA823 #23A870 #2E23A8

split-complementary

#A8235B #23A82E #239DA8

monochromatic

#430E24 #751840 #A8235B #D53477 #DF6699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A8235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A8235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8235B

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8235B	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7013C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.173 0.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c89',
    500: '#a8235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8235b;
$custom-light: #c76c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.737,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49115,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 0.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8235B

secondary

#62C59B

accent

#E8A13F

background

#FCF6F8

surface

#F9ECF0

border

#D2C7CB

text

#14080B

muted

#827A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8235B

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

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