#A8236E#A8236E

#A8236E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.180 H 351.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8236E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(326, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(326, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 34.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 58.18, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 59.08, 350.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.1785 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.18 351.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5651, 10.6551, 15.7751)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8236E #23A85D

analogous

#9F23A8 #A8236E #A8232C

triadic

#A8236E #6EA823 #236EA8

tetradic

#A8236E #A89F23 #23A85D #232CA8

square

#A8236E #A89F23 #23A85D #232CA8

split-complementary

#A8236E #2CA823 #23A89F

monochromatic

#430E2C #75184D #A8236E #D5348E #DF66AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A8236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A8236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8236E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8236E	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62646B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.180 351.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d97',
    500: '#a8236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8236e;
$custom-light: #c76d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.165,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49797,
    "c": 0.18043,
    "h": 351.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8236E

secondary

#62C58D

accent

#E8893F

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF2

border

#D2C8CC

text

#14080D

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8236E

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

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