#A8238E#A8238E

#A8238E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.199 H 337.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8238E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(312, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(312, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 62.26, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 68.23, 335.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1841 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.199 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6324, 11.4820, 26.6629)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8238E #23A83D

analogous

#7F23A8 #A8238E #A8234C

triadic

#A8238E #8EA823 #238EA8

tetradic

#A8238E #A87F23 #23A83D #234CA8

square

#A8238E #A87F23 #23A83D #234CA8

split-complementary

#A8238E #4CA823 #23A87F

monochromatic

#430E38 #751863 #A8238E #D534B5 #DF66C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#A8238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A8238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8238E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8238E	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58668B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.199 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66eaf',
    500: '#a8238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8238e;
$custom-light: #c66eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.729,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51254,
    "c": 0.19917,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8238E

secondary

#62C575

accent

#E8603F

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8238E

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

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