#8A2251#8A2251

#8A2251 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.145 H 357.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2251
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 81)
HSL	hsl(333, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(333, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 41.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 47.08, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 47.14, 356.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1445 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.145 357.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5393, 7.1430, 8.5014)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2251 #228A5B

analogous

#8A2285 #8A2251 #8A2722

triadic

#8A2251 #518A22 #22518A

tetradic

#8A2251 #858A22 #228A5B #27228A

square

#8A2251 #858A22 #228A5B #27228A

split-complementary

#8A2251 #228A27 #22858A

monochromatic

#280A17 #591634 #8A2251 #BB2E6E #D4528D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8A2251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2251 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2251

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2251	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.145 357.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16781',
    500: '#8a2251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2251;
$custom-light: #b16781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.885,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43391,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 357.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2251

secondary

#50B889

accent

#E49C44

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#11060A

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2251

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

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