#A8236B#A8236B

#A8236B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.179 H 353.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8236B
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(328, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(328, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 36.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.88, 57.85, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.88, 58.47, 351.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.1777 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.179 353)
XYZ	xyz(19.4046, 10.5908, 14.9295)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8236B #23A860

analogous

#A323A8 #A8236B #A82328

triadic

#A8236B #6BA823 #236BA8

tetradic

#A8236B #A8A323 #23A860 #2328A8

square

#A8236B #A8A323 #23A860 #2328A8

split-complementary

#A8236B #28A823 #23A8A3

monochromatic

#430E2A #75184B #A8236B #D5348B #DF66A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A8236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A8236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8236B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8236B	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.179 353.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d95',
    500: '#a8236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8236b;
$custom-light: #c76d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.519,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4968,
    "c": 0.179,
    "h": 353
  },
  "luminance": 0.10588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8236B

secondary

#62C58F

accent

#E88D3F

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF1

border

#D2C8CB

text

#14080D

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8236B

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

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