#A8238A#A8238A

#A8238A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.197 H 339.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8238A
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(314, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(314, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 61.70, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 66.86, 337.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.1837 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.197 339.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3375, 11.3640, 25.1096)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8238A #23A841

analogous

#8423A8 #A8238A #A82347

triadic

#A8238A #8AA823 #238AA8

tetradic

#A8238A #A88423 #23A841 #2347A8

square

#A8238A #A88423 #23A841 #2347A8

split-complementary

#A8238A #47A823 #23A884

monochromatic

#430E37 #751860 #A8238A #D534B0 #DF66C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A8238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A8238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8238A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8238A	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.197 339.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eac',
    500: '#a8238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8238a;
$custom-light: #c66eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.534,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51051,
    "c": 0.19654,
    "h": 339.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8238A

secondary

#62C578

accent

#E8653F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8238A

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

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