#A8237E#A8237E

#A8237E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.189 H 344.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8237E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(319, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(319, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 25%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, 60.10, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 63.10, 342.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.182 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.189 344.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5162, 11.0355, 20.7842)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8237E #23A84D

analogous

#8F23A8 #A8237E #A8233C

triadic

#A8237E #7EA823 #237EA8

tetradic

#A8237E #A88F23 #23A84D #233CA8

square

#A8237E #A88F23 #23A84D #233CA8

split-complementary

#A8237E #3CA823 #23A88F

monochromatic

#430E32 #751858 #A8237E #D534A2 #DF66B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A8237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A8237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8237E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8237E	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E657B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3224E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.189 344.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66da3',
    500: '#a8237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8237e;
$custom-light: #c66da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.947,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50478,
    "c": 0.18908,
    "h": 344.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8237E

secondary

#62C581

accent

#E8753F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#14080F

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8237E

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

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