#A8235C#A8235C

#A8235C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.173 H 0.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8235C
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 92)
HSL	hsl(334, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(334, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 45.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.38, 56.32, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.38, 56.32, 0.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% 0.1731 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.173 0.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6827, 10.3021, 11.1278)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8235C #23A86F

analogous

#A8239E #A8235C #A82D23

triadic

#A8235C #5CA823 #235CA8

tetradic

#A8235C #9EA823 #23A86F #2D23A8

square

#A8235C #9EA823 #23A86F #2D23A8

split-complementary

#A8235C #23A82D #239EA8

monochromatic

#430E25 #751840 #A8235C #D53479 #DF669A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A8235C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A8235C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8235C

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8235C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8235C	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7023D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8235c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.173 0.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c8a',
    500: '#a8235c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8235c;
$custom-light: #c76c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8235c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49148,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 0.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8235C

secondary

#62C59A

accent

#E8A03F

background

#FCF6F8

surface

#F9ECF0

border

#D2C7CB

text

#14080B

muted

#827A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8235C

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

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