#8A233D#8A233D

#8A233D is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.138 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A233D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 44.80, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 45.90, 12.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1358 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.138 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9257, 6.9439, 5.1263)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A233D #238A70

analogous

#8A2371 #8A233D #8A3C23

triadic

#8A233D #3D8A23 #233D8A

tetradic

#8A233D #718A23 #238A70 #3C238A

square

#8A233D #718A23 #238A70 #3C238A

split-complementary

#8A233D #238A3C #23718A

monochromatic

#280A12 #591727 #8A233D #BB2F53 #D45474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A233D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A233D	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)

#3D3D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58523A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.138 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26772',
    500: '#8a233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a233d;
$custom-light: #b26772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.854,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42868,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A233D

secondary

#51B79E

accent

#E3BB45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A233D

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

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