#A9255E#A9255E

#A9255E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.173 H 359.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9255E
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(334, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(334, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 44.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 56.19, -0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 56.19, 359.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.1726 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.173 359.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0456, 10.5688, 11.6246)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9255E #25A970

analogous

#A925A0 #A9255E #A92E25

triadic

#A9255E #5EA925 #255EA9

tetradic

#A9255E #A0A925 #25A970 #2E25A9

square

#A9255E #A0A925 #25A970 #2E25A9

split-complementary

#A9255E #25A92E #25A0A9

monochromatic

#450F26 #771A42 #A9255E #D3387B #DE6A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A9255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A9255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9255E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9255E	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67655B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8093E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.173 359.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d8b',
    500: '#a9255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9255e;
$custom-light: #c86d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49544,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 359.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9255E

secondary

#65C49B

accent

#E79F41

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDF0

border

#D3C8CB

text

#14080C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9255E

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

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