#A8236D#A8236D

#A8236D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.180 H 352.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8236D
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(327, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(327, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 35.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, 58.07, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 58.87, 350.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1782 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.18 352)
XYZ	xyz(19.5110, 10.6334, 15.4900)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8236D #23A85E

analogous

#A123A8 #A8236D #A8232A

triadic

#A8236D #6DA823 #236DA8

tetradic

#A8236D #A8A123 #23A85E #232AA8

square

#A8236D #A8A123 #23A85E #232AA8

split-complementary

#A8236D #2AA823 #23A8A1

monochromatic

#430E2B #75184C #A8236D #D5348D #DF66AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A8236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A8236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8236D

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8236D	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62646A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.180 352.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d96',
    500: '#a8236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8236d;
$custom-light: #c76d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.617,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49758,
    "c": 0.17994,
    "h": 352
  },
  "luminance": 0.10631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8236D

secondary

#62C58E

accent

#E88A3F

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF2

border

#D2C8CC

text

#14080D

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8236D

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

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