#A8238C#A8238C

#A8238C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.198 H 338.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8238C
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(313, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(313, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 16.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 61.97, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 67.54, 336.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.1839 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.198 338.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4836, 11.4225, 25.8792)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8238C #23A83F

analogous

#8223A8 #A8238C #A82349

triadic

#A8238C #8CA823 #238CA8

tetradic

#A8238C #A88223 #23A83F #2349A8

square

#A8238C #A88223 #23A83F #2349A8

split-complementary

#A8238C #49A823 #23A882

monochromatic

#430E38 #751862 #A8238C #D534B3 #DF66C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#A8238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A8238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8238C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8238C	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A528F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.198 338.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eae',
    500: '#a8238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8238c;
$custom-light: #c66eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51152,
    "c": 0.19785,
    "h": 338.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8238C

secondary

#62C577

accent

#E8633F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8238C

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

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