#A8237A#A8237A

#A8237A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.187 H 346.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8237A
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(321, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(321, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 27.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 59.60, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 61.98, 344.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.1812 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.187 346)
XYZ	xyz(20.2633, 10.9343, 19.4520)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8237A #23A851

analogous

#9423A8 #A8237A #A82338

triadic

#A8237A #7AA823 #237AA8

tetradic

#A8237A #A89423 #23A851 #2338A8

square

#A8237A #A89423 #23A851 #2338A8

split-complementary

#A8237A #38A823 #23A894

monochromatic

#430E30 #751855 #A8237A #D5349D #DF66B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A8237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A8237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8237A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8237A	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.187 346.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66da0',
    500: '#a8237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8237a;
$custom-light: #c66da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320.752,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50299,
    "c": 0.18676,
    "h": 346
  },
  "luminance": 0.10932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8237A

secondary

#62C584

accent

#E87A3F

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF2

border

#D2C8CC

text

#14080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8237A

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

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