#A8256D#A8256D

#A8256D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.178 H 352.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8256D
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 109)
HSL	hsl(327, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(327, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 35.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.16, 57.48, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.16, 58.23, 350.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.1763 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.178 352.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5715, 10.7545, 15.5102)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8256D #25A860

analogous

#A125A8 #A8256D #A8252C

triadic

#A8256D #6DA825 #256DA8

tetradic

#A8256D #A8A125 #25A860 #252CA8

square

#A8256D #A8A125 #25A860 #252CA8

split-complementary

#A8256D #2CA825 #25A8A1

monochromatic

#440F2C #761A4C #A8256D #D3378D #DE69A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#A8256D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A8256D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8256D

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8256D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8256D	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63656A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8256d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.178 352.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e96',
    500: '#a8256d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8256d;
$custom-light: #c76e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8256d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.023,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49909,
    "c": 0.17798,
    "h": 352.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8256D

secondary

#65C490

accent

#E78C41

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF2

border

#D2C8CC

text

#14080D

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8256D

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

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