#A8596E#A8596E

#A8596E is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.106 H 4.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8596E
RGB	rgb(168, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(344, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(344, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 34.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 34.69, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 34.80, 4.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1053 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.106 4.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5363, 16.5974, 16.7655)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8596E #59A893

analogous

#A85995 #A8596E #A86C59

triadic

#A8596E #6EA859 #596EA8

tetradic

#A8596E #95A859 #59A893 #6C59A8

square

#A8596E #95A859 #59A893 #6C59A8

split-complementary

#A8596E #59A86C #5995A8

monochromatic

#582E39 #804354 #A8596E #BD8191 #D2A9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A8596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A8596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8596E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8596E	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.106 4.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48a97',
    500: '#a8596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8596e;
$custom-light: #c48a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.051,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56308,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 4.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8596E

secondary

#9DC0B7

accent

#C7AC60

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F8F0F2

border

#D1CBCC

text

#130C0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8596E

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

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