#8A234D#8A234D

#8A234D is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 0.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A234D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 77)
HSL	hsl(336, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(336, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 44.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 46.29, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 46.29, 0.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.142 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.142 0.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4227, 7.1427, 7.7443)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A234D #238A60

analogous

#8A2381 #8A234D #8A2D23

triadic

#8A234D #4D8A23 #234D8A

tetradic

#8A234D #818A23 #238A60 #2D238A

square

#8A234D #818A23 #238A60 #2D238A

split-complementary

#8A234D #238A2D #23818A

monochromatic

#280A17 #591732 #8A234D #BB2F68 #D45488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8A234D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A234D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A234D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A234D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A234D	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)

#393F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55534B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a234d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 0.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1677e',
    500: '#8a234d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a234d;
$custom-light: #b1677e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a234d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.534,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43348,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 0.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A234D

secondary

#51B78E

accent

#E3A245

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#11060A

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A234D

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

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