#A8257C#A8257C

#A8257C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.186 H 345.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8257C
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 124)
HSL	hsl(320, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(320, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 26.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 59.27, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 61.89, 343.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.1798 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.186 345.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4490, 11.1055, 20.1315)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8257C #25A851

analogous

#9325A8 #A8257C #A8253A

triadic

#A8257C #7CA825 #257CA8

tetradic

#A8257C #A89325 #25A851 #253AA8

square

#A8257C #A89325 #25A851 #253AA8

split-complementary

#A8257C #3AA825 #25A893

monochromatic

#440F32 #761A57 #A8257C #D3379F #DE69B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A8257C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A8257C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8257C

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8257C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8257C	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37507E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4224E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8257c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.186 345.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66ea2',
    500: '#a8257c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8257c;
$custom-light: #c66ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8257c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320.153,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50535,
    "c": 0.18594,
    "h": 345.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8257C

secondary

#65C485

accent

#E77941

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF2

border

#D2C8CC

text

#14080F

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8257C

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

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