#8A233E#8A233E

#8A233E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.138 H 9.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A233E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(344, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(344, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 44.88, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 45.85, 11.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1362 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.138 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9529, 6.9548, 5.2695)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A233E #238A6F

analogous

#8A2372 #8A233E #8A3C23

triadic

#8A233E #3E8A23 #233E8A

tetradic

#8A233E #728A23 #238A6F #3C238A

square

#8A233E #728A23 #238A6F #3C238A

split-complementary

#8A233E #238A3C #23728A

monochromatic

#280A12 #591728 #8A233E #BB2F54 #D45475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A233E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A233E	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58523B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.138 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26773',
    500: '#8a233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a233e;
$custom-light: #b26773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.272,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42895,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A233E

secondary

#51B79D

accent

#E3B945

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A233E

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

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