#A9237A#A9237A

#A9237A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.187 H 346.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9237A
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(321, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(321, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 27.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.66, 59.85, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.66, 62.13, 344.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.1821 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.187 346.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4771, 11.0445, 19.4620)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9237A #23A952

analogous

#9523A9 #A9237A #A92337

triadic

#A9237A #7AA923 #237AA9

tetradic

#A9237A #A99523 #23A952 #2337A9

square

#A9237A #A99523 #23A952 #2337A9

split-complementary

#A9237A #37A923 #23A995

monochromatic

#440E31 #761955 #A9237A #D5349D #DF67B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A9237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A9237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9237A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9237A	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.187 346.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76da0',
    500: '#a9237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9237a;
$custom-light: #c76da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.045,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50468,
    "c": 0.18741,
    "h": 346.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9237A

secondary

#63C585

accent

#E97B3F

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF2

border

#D2C8CC

text

#14080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9237A

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

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