#A8255A#A8255A

#A8255A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.171 H 1.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8255A
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 90)
HSL	hsl(336, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(336, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 46.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 55.54, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 55.56, 1.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.24% 0.1704 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(49.24% 0.171 1.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6570, 10.3887, 10.6936)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8255A #25A873

analogous

#A8259B #A8255A #A83125

triadic

#A8255A #5AA825 #255AA8

tetradic

#A8255A #9BA825 #25A873 #3125A8

square

#A8255A #9BA825 #25A873 #3125A8

split-complementary

#A8255A #25A831 #259BA8

monochromatic

#440F24 #761A3F #A8255A #D33776 #DE6999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A8255A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A8255A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8255A

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8255A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8255A	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7053C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8255a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.171 1.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d88',
    500: '#a8255a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8255a;
$custom-light: #c76d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8255a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.725,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49239,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 1.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8255A

secondary

#65C49D

accent

#E7A441

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8255A

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

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