#8A235D#8A235D

#8A235D is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.149 H 350.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A235D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 93)
HSL	hsl(326, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(326, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 32.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 48.11, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 49.03, 348.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.147 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.149 350.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0588, 7.3971, 11.0939)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A235D #238A50

analogous

#84238A #8A235D #8A2329

triadic

#8A235D #5D8A23 #235D8A

tetradic

#8A235D #8A8423 #238A50 #23298A

square

#8A235D #8A8423 #238A50 #23298A

split-complementary

#8A235D #298A23 #238A84

monochromatic

#280A1B #59173C #8A235D #BB2F7E #D4549C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A235D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A235D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A235D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A235D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A235D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34415F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51545B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a235d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.149 350.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0688b',
    500: '#8a235d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a235d;
$custom-light: #b0688b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a235d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.214,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43948,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 350.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A235D

secondary

#51B77E

accent

#E38A45

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A235D

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

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