#A8255E#A8255E

#A8255E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.172 H 359.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8255E
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(334, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(334, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.65, 55.91, -0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.65, 55.92, 359.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% 0.1718 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.172 359.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8319, 10.4586, 11.6146)
Luminance	0.1046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8255E #25A86F

analogous

#A8259F #A8255E #A82E25

triadic

#A8255E #5EA825 #255EA8

tetradic

#A8255E #9FA825 #25A86F #2E25A8

square

#A8255E #9FA825 #25A86F #2E25A8

split-complementary

#A8255E #25A82E #259FA8

monochromatic

#440F26 #761A42 #A8255E #D3377B #DE699C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#A8255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A8255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8255E

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8255E	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66645B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.172 359.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d8b',
    500: '#a8255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8255e;
$custom-light: #c76d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.893,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49369,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 359.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8255E

secondary

#65C49B

accent

#E79F41

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDF0

border

#D2C8CB

text

#14080C

muted

#827B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8255E

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

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