#A9255C#A9255C

#A9255C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.172 H 0.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9255C
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(335, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(335, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 45.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 56.00, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 56.00, 0.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.172 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.172 0.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9570, 10.5334, 11.1580)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9255C #25A972

analogous

#A9259E #A9255C #A93025

triadic

#A9255C #5CA925 #255CA9

tetradic

#A9255C #9EA925 #25A972 #3025A9

square

#A9255C #9EA925 #25A972 #3025A9

split-complementary

#A9255C #25A930 #259EA9

monochromatic

#450F25 #771A41 #A9255C #D33879 #DE6A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#A9255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A9255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9255C

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9255C	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8063D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.172 0.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d8a',
    500: '#a9255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9255c;
$custom-light: #c86d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49479,
    "c": 0.17197,
    "h": 0.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9255C

secondary

#65C49D

accent

#E7A241

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDF0

border

#D3C8CB

text

#14080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9255C

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

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