#8A234E#8A234E

#8A234E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.142 H 359.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A234E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 78)
HSL	hsl(335, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(335, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 46.39, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 46.40, 359.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1423 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.142 359.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4583, 7.1570, 7.9316)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A234E #238A5F

analogous

#8A2382 #8A234E #8A2B23

triadic

#8A234E #4E8A23 #234E8A

tetradic

#8A234E #828A23 #238A5F #2B238A

square

#8A234E #828A23 #238A5F #2B238A

split-complementary

#8A234E #238A2B #23828A

monochromatic

#280A17 #591732 #8A234E #BB2F6A #D45489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8A234E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A234E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A234E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A234E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A234E	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55534C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a234e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.142 359.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1677f',
    500: '#8a234e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a234e;
$custom-light: #b1677f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a234e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.951,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43382,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 359.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A234E

secondary

#51B78D

accent

#E3A145

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#11060A

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A234E

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

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