#A9256C#A9256C

#A9256C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.178 H 353.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9256C
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(328, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(328, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 36.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 57.63, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 58.25, 351.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.1769 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.178 353)
XYZ	xyz(19.7318, 10.8433, 15.2383)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9256C #25A962

analogous

#A425A9 #A9256C #A9252A

triadic

#A9256C #6CA925 #256CA9

tetradic

#A9256C #A9A425 #25A962 #252AA9

square

#A9256C #A9A425 #25A962 #252AA9

split-complementary

#A9256C #2AA925 #25A9A4

monochromatic

#450F2C #771A4C #A9256C #D3388B #DE6AA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#A9256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A9256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9256C

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9256C	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B61645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.178 353.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e96',
    500: '#a9256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9256c;
$custom-light: #c76e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50042,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 353
  },
  "luminance": 0.10841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9256C

secondary

#65C491

accent

#E78E41

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F9EDF1

border

#D2C8CB

text

#14080D

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9256C

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

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