#8A1538#8A1538

#8A1538 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.151 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1538
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 56)
HSL	hsl(342, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(342, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 48.86, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 50.08, 12.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.1481 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.151 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4644, 6.2268, 4.3389)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1538 #158A67

analogous

#8A1572 #8A1538 #8A2C15

triadic

#8A1538 #388A15 #15388A

tetradic

#8A1538 #728A15 #158A67 #2C158A

square

#8A1538 #728A15 #158A67 #2C158A

split-complementary

#8A1538 #158A2C #15728A

monochromatic

#20050D #550D22 #8A1538 #BF1D4E #E1396B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#8A1538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8A1538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1538

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1538	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.151 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3616e',
    500: '#8a1538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1538;
$custom-light: #b3616e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.051,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41572,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1538

secondary

#3DBE97

accent

#F0B938

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1538

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

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