#A8257D#A8257D

#A8257D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.187 H 344.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8257D
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(320, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(320, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 25.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 59.40, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 62.17, 342.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.18 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.187 344.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5126, 11.1309, 20.4663)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8257D #25A850

analogous

#9225A8 #A8257D #A8253B

triadic

#A8257D #7DA825 #257DA8

tetradic

#A8257D #A89225 #25A850 #253BA8

square

#A8257D #A89225 #25A850 #253BA8

split-complementary

#A8257D #3BA825 #25A892

monochromatic

#440F32 #761A58 #A8257D #D337A0 #DE69B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A8257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A8257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8257D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8257D	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36507F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3234E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.187 344.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66ea2',
    500: '#a8257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8257d;
$custom-light: #c66ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.695,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5058,
    "c": 0.18653,
    "h": 344.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8257D

secondary

#65C484

accent

#E77741

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF3

border

#D2C8CD

text

#14080F

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8257D

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

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