#A8257E#A8257E

#A8257E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.187 H 344.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8257E
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(319, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(319, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 25%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.84, 59.52, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.84, 62.46, 342.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.1802 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.187 344.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5768, 11.1566, 20.8044)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8257E #25A84F

analogous

#9125A8 #A8257E #A8253C

triadic

#A8257E #7EA825 #257EA8

tetradic

#A8257E #A89125 #25A84F #253CA8

square

#A8257E #A89125 #25A84F #253CA8

split-complementary

#A8257E #3CA825 #25A891

monochromatic

#440F33 #761A58 #A8257E #D337A1 #DE69B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#A8257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A8257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8257E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8257E	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3244F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.187 344.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66ea3',
    500: '#a8257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8257e;
$custom-light: #c66ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.237,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50625,
    "c": 0.18712,
    "h": 344.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8257E

secondary

#65C483

accent

#E77641

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F9EDF4

border

#D2C8CE

text

#14080F

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8257E

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

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