#A9255F#A9255F

#A9255F is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.173 H 359.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9255F
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 95)
HSL	hsl(334, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(334, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 43.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.88, 56.28, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.88, 56.29, 359.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.173 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.173 359.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0908, 10.5869, 11.8624)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9255F #25A96F

analogous

#A925A1 #A9255F #A92D25

triadic

#A9255F #5FA925 #255FA9

tetradic

#A9255F #A1A925 #25A96F #2D25A9

square

#A9255F #A1A925 #25A96F #2D25A9

split-complementary

#A9255F #25A92D #25A1A9

monochromatic

#450F27 #771A43 #A9255F #D3387C #DE6A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A9255F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A9255F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9255F

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9255F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9255F	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67655C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9255f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.173 359.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d8c',
    500: '#a9255f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9255f;
$custom-light: #c86d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9255f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.636,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49577,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 359.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9255F

secondary

#65C49B

accent

#E79E41

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDF0

border

#D3C8CB

text

#14080C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9255F

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

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