#8A2242#8A2242

#8A2242 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 7.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2242
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(342, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(342, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 45.60, 6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 46.09, 8.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.139 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.14 7.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0377, 6.9423, 5.8593)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2242 #228A6A

analogous

#8A2276 #8A2242 #8A3622

triadic

#8A2242 #428A22 #22428A

tetradic

#8A2242 #768A22 #228A6A #36228A

square

#8A2242 #768A22 #228A6A #36228A

split-complementary

#8A2242 #228A36 #22768A

monochromatic

#280A13 #59162B #8A2242 #BB2E59 #D4527A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A2242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2242

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2242	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57523F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 7.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16676',
    500: '#8a2242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2242;
$custom-light: #b16676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.538,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42907,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 7.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2242

secondary

#50B898

accent

#E4B344

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2242

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

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