#A8238D#A8238D

#A8238D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.199 H 338.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8238D
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(312, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(312, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 16.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 62.11, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 67.88, 336.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.184 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.199 338)
XYZ	xyz(21.5577, 11.4521, 26.2693)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8238D #23A83E

analogous

#8023A8 #A8238D #A8234B

triadic

#A8238D #8DA823 #238DA8

tetradic

#A8238D #A88023 #23A83E #234BA8

square

#A8238D #A88023 #23A83E #234BA8

split-complementary

#A8238D #4BA823 #23A880

monochromatic

#430E38 #751862 #A8238D #D534B4 #DF66C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A8238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A8238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8238D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8238D	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58668A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.199 338.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eae',
    500: '#a8238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8238d;
$custom-light: #c66eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312.18,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51202,
    "c": 0.19851,
    "h": 338
  },
  "luminance": 0.1145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8238D

secondary

#62C576

accent

#E8623F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8238D

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

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