#8A235B#8A235B

#8A235B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.148 H 351.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A235B
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(327, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(327, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 47.87, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 48.58, 350.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1465 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.148 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9713, 7.3622, 10.6335)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A235B #238A52

analogous

#86238A #8A235B #8A2327

triadic

#8A235B #5B8A23 #235B8A

tetradic

#8A235B #8A8623 #238A52 #23278A

square

#8A235B #8A8623 #238A52 #23278A

split-complementary

#8A235B #278A23 #238A86

monochromatic

#280A1B #59173B #8A235B #BB2F7B #D45499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8A235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A235B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A235B	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34415D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#951B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.148 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06889',
    500: '#8a235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a235b;
$custom-light: #b06889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.379,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43866,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A235B

secondary

#51B780

accent

#E38D45

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A235B

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

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