#A8238B#A8238B

#A8238B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.197 H 338.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8238B
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(313, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(313, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 17.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 61.84, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 67.20, 336.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1838 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.197 338.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4102, 11.3931, 25.4926)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8238B #23A840

analogous

#8323A8 #A8238B #A82348

triadic

#A8238B #8BA823 #238BA8

tetradic

#A8238B #A88323 #23A840 #2348A8

square

#A8238B #A88323 #23A840 #2348A8

split-complementary

#A8238B #48A823 #23A883

monochromatic

#430E37 #751861 #A8238B #D534B2 #DF66C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A8238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A8238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8238B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8238B	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B528E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.197 338.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66ead',
    500: '#a8238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8238b;
$custom-light: #c66ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.083,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51101,
    "c": 0.19719,
    "h": 338.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8238B

secondary

#62C578

accent

#E8643F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8238B

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

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