#8A174D#8A174D

#8A174D is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.154 H 358.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A174D
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(332, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(332, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 44.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 50.14, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 50.17, 357.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1543 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.154 358.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1281, 6.5535, 7.6460)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A174D #178A54

analogous

#8A1787 #8A174D #8A1A17

triadic

#8A174D #4D8A17 #174D8A

tetradic

#8A174D #878A17 #178A54 #1A178A

square

#8A174D #878A17 #178A54 #1A178A

split-complementary

#8A174D #178A1A #17878A

monochromatic

#210612 #560E30 #8A174D #BE206A #DF3D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8A174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A174D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A174D	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52504A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.154 358.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1637e',
    500: '#8a174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a174d;
$custom-light: #b1637e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.826,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42349,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 358.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A174D

secondary

#3FBE82

accent

#EE993A

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#12060A

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A174D

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

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