#8A2257#8A2257

#8A2257 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.147 H 353.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2257
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 87)
HSL	hsl(329, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(329, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 47.75, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 48.14, 352.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1464 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.147 353.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7744, 7.2370, 9.7391)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2257 #228A55

analogous

#89228A #8A2257 #8A2223

triadic

#8A2257 #578A22 #22578A

tetradic

#8A2257 #8A8922 #228A55 #22238A

square

#8A2257 #8A8922 #228A55 #22238A

split-complementary

#8A2257 #238A22 #228A89

monochromatic

#280A19 #591638 #8A2257 #BB2E76 #D45294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8A2257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2257

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2257	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#951839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.147 353.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06786',
    500: '#8a2257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2257;
$custom-light: #b06786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.423,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43615,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 353.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2257

secondary

#50B883

accent

#E49244

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2257

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

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