#A8237D#A8237D

#A8237D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.188 H 344.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8237D
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(319, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(319, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 25.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.60, 59.98, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.60, 62.82, 342.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.1818 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.188 344.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4520, 11.0098, 20.4461)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8237D #23A84E

analogous

#9023A8 #A8237D #A8233B

triadic

#A8237D #7DA823 #237DA8

tetradic

#A8237D #A89023 #23A84E #233BA8

square

#A8237D #A89023 #23A84E #233BA8

split-complementary

#A8237D #3BA823 #23A890

monochromatic

#430E32 #751857 #A8237D #D534A1 #DF66B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A8237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A8237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8237D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8237D	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E657A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4214E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.188 344.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66da2',
    500: '#a8237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8237d;
$custom-light: #c66da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.398,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50433,
    "c": 0.18849,
    "h": 344.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8237D

secondary

#62C582

accent

#E8763F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF3

border

#D2C8CD

text

#14080F

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8237D

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

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