#A9255B#A9255B

#A9255B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.172 H 1.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9255B
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(335, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(335, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 46.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.75, 55.91, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.75, 55.92, 1.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% 0.1716 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.172 1.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9136, 10.5160, 10.9293)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9255B #25A973

analogous

#A9259D #A9255B #A93125

triadic

#A9255B #5BA925 #255BA9

tetradic

#A9255B #9DA925 #25A973 #3125A9

square

#A9255B #9DA925 #25A973 #3125A9

split-complementary

#A9255B #25A931 #259DA9

monochromatic

#450F25 #771A40 #A9255B #D33877 #DE6A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A9255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A9255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9255B

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9255B	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8053D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.172 1.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d89',
    500: '#a9255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9255b;
$custom-light: #c86d89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.455,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49447,
    "c": 0.17166,
    "h": 1.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9255B

secondary

#65C49E

accent

#E7A341

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDF0

border

#D3C8CB

text

#14080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9255B

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

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