#8A223E#8A223E

#8A223E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.139 H 9.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A223E
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(344, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(344, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 45.25, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 46.18, 11.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1374 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.139 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9239, 6.8968, 5.2598)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A223E #228A6E

analogous

#8A2272 #8A223E #8A3A22

triadic

#8A223E #3E8A22 #223E8A

tetradic

#8A223E #728A22 #228A6E #3A228A

square

#8A223E #728A22 #228A6E #3A228A

split-complementary

#8A223E #228A3A #22728A

monochromatic

#280A12 #591628 #8A223E #BB2E54 #D45275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8A223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A223E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A223E	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57523B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97072E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.139 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26673',
    500: '#8a223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a223e;
$custom-light: #b26673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.846,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42796,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A223E

secondary

#50B89C

accent

#E4B944

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A223E

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

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